英语词汇“lengthy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Lengthy things are long and drawn out. Your teacher's lengthy lecture might extend far beyond the end of class and leave many people dozing at their desks.

The adjective lengthy is almost always used to describe a duration of time (or sometimes a long piece of writing), rather than the physical length of something. So long-lasting speeches and endless waits at the bus stop could both be called lengthy, but you wouldn't describe your friend's long hair that way. Lengthy is an 18th century American invention, also adopted by the British in the nineteenth century.

WORD FAMILY

lengthy: lengthier, lengthiest, lengthily, lengthiness+/length: lengthen, lengths, lengthy/lengthen: lengthened, lengthening, lengthens/lengthening: lengthenings/long: length, longed, longer, longest, longing, longingly, longish, longly, longness, longs/longest: longests/longing: longings

USAGE EXAMPLES

Lengthy delays prompted Lucas to abandon that bid in June and change strategy.

Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017)

As a longtime state politician, Bill agrees to a lengthy sit-down interview with me for another story for this publication, which is forthcoming.

Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017)

They argue that skipping the lengthier deportation procedures deprives people of the opportunity to claim asylum.

Reuters(Jan 01, 2017)

adj relatively long in duration; tediously protracted

a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law

Syn

drawn-out, extended, prolonged, protracted
long

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

单词	lengthy
释义	lengthy (once / 1251 pages) adj Lengthy things are long and drawn out. Your teacher's lengthy lecture might extend far beyond the end of class and leave many people dozing at their desks. The adjective lengthy is almost always used to describe a duration of time (or sometimes a long piece of writing), rather than the physical length of something. So long-lasting speeches and endless waits at the bus stop could both be called lengthy, but you wouldn't describe your friend's long hair that way. Lengthy is an 18th century American invention, also adopted by the British in the nineteenth century. WORD FAMILY lengthy: lengthier, lengthiest, lengthily, lengthiness+/length: lengthen, lengths, lengthy/lengthen: lengthened, lengthening, lengthens/lengthening: lengthenings/long: length, longed, longer, longest, longing, longingly, longish, longly, longness, longs/longest: longests/longing: longings USAGE EXAMPLES Lengthy delays prompted Lucas to abandon that bid in June and change strategy. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) As a longtime state politician, Bill agrees to a lengthy sit-down interview with me for another story for this publication, which is forthcoming. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) They argue that skipping the lengthier deportation procedures deprives people of the opportunity to claim asylum. Reuters(Jan 01, 2017) adj relatively long in duration; tediously protracted a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law Syn drawn-out, extended, prolonged, protracted long primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
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