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单词 span-long
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span-longadj.

Etymology: < span n.1 + long adj.1
Having the length of a span; hence, brief, short.
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the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adjective]
shortc888
littleOE
shortlya1050
briefc1400
momentlya1425
small?a1439
momentany1447
momentaneous?a1450
stunta1450
momentaryc1485
momentane1510
hourlya1535
sudden1561
momentaneala1581
span-long1593
momentaneana1599
momental1606
narrow1611
timeless1657
concise1785
succinct1796
ultra-short1962
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [adjective]
shortc888
scutc1440
stuck1440
span-long1593
junky1873
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 73v Though our span long youthly prime, blossomes foorth eye-banquetting flowers,..yet in the graue shall we rotte.
a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd ii. viii. 53 in Wks. (1640) III There..white Faies doe dwell, And span-long Elves, that dance about a poole. View more context for this quotation
1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 132 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 561 Twa span-lang, wee, unchirsten'd bairns.
1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz in La Saisiaz: Two Poets of Croisic 4 While—never mind who..—Sank stifled span-long brightness in the birth.
in combination.1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 283 In the apprehension of us Momentanean Ephemeri, and span-long-lived Accountants.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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