| 单词 | longueur |
| 释义 | longueur (once / 73412 pages) n A longueur is a section of a book or movie or play that's really tedious or boring. You might love the movie "West Side Story," except for the longueur of the dream sequence that features a ballet dance. You'll often come across this word in its plural form, longueurs, as when a book reviewer notes the longueurs of a writer's descriptions of the English countryside, or your aunt starts to snore during the longueurs of a play's third act. You can use this noun for any dull spell, but it's mostly a literary or performing arts term, from the French longueur, "length," and the Latin root longus, "long." WORD FAMILYlongueur: longueurs USAGE EXAMPLESThe patchy plotting and narrative longueurs will almost certainly test your patience over the better part of three hours, and they’re meant to. Los Angeles Times(Sep 29, 2016) Anchored by two winning lead performances, “The BFG” ultimately overcomes its longueur, if only by a hair of the title character’s chinny-chin-chin. Washington Post(Jun 30, 2016) Not that the evening was free from glitches, slumps, and longueurs. The New Yorker(Feb 29, 2016) n a period of dullness or boredom (especially in a work of literature or performing art) Hyper continuance, duration the period of time during which something continues |
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