length的中文翻譯是什麼意思

length

US/leŋθ/

UK/leŋθ/

n. 長度; 篇幅; 時間的長短; 有…長度的; 一節; 池長; 艇位; 馬位

length的柯林斯釋義

N-VAR長度；距離

The length of something is the amount that it measures from one end to the other along the longest side.

It is about a metre in length.
它長約1米。
...the length of the fish...
魚的身長

N-VAR（文章等的）篇幅

The length of something such as a piece of writing is the amount of writing that is contained in it.

...a book of at least 100 pages in length...
一百多頁厚的書
The length of a paragraph depends on the information it conveys.
段落的長短取決於它所傳達的資訊量。

N-VAR（持續）時間的長短

The length of an event, activity, or situation is the period of time from beginning to end for which something lasts or during which something happens.

The exact length of each period may vary...
每一階段的確切時長可能會有所不同。
His film, over two hours in length, is a subtle study of family life.
他這部片長逾兩個小時的電影對家庭生活進行了巧妙的剖析。

N-COUNT（繩、布、木頭等的）一段，一節，一截

A length of rope, cloth, wood, or other material is a piece of it that is intended to be used for a particular purpose or that exists in a particular situation.

...a 30ft length of rope...
一根30英尺長的繩子
You can hang lengths of fabric behind the glass.
你可以在玻璃後面掛幾條織品。

N-UNCOUNT（與短相對的）長

The length of something is its quality of being long.

Many have been surprised at the length of time it has taken him to make up his mind...
他居然花了那麼長時間才拿定主意，許多人都對此感到吃驚。
I noticed, too, the length of her fingers.
我也注意到她的手指很長。

N-COUNT（游泳池的）池長

If you swim a length in a swimming pool, you swim the distance from one end to the other.

I swim 40 lengths a day.
我每天遊20個來回。

N-COUNT（賽艇中的）艇位；（賽馬中的）馬位，馬身長度

In boat racing or horse racing, a length is the distance from the front to the back of the boat or horse. You can talk about one boat or horse being one or more lengths in front of or behind another.

Harvard won by four lengths.
哈佛大學隊領先4個艇位勝出。

N-SING全程；全長

If something happens or exists along the length of something, it happens or exists for the whole way along it.

I looked along the length of the building...
我的目光沿著大樓從首到尾掃過。
The inspiration stemming from his travels lasted the length of his career.
由旅行得來的靈感伴隨了他的整個職業生涯。

PHRASE終究；終歸；最終

If someone does something at length, they do it after a long period of time.

At length my father went into the house.
我父親最後還是進了屋。

PHRASE長久地；詳盡地

If someone does something at length, they do it for a long time or in great detail.

They spoke at length, reviewing the entire incident.
他們把事情的整個經過詳盡地複述了一遍。

PHRASE不遺餘力；竭盡全力；千方百計

If you say that someone goes to great lengths to achieve something, you mean that they try very hard and perhaps do extreme things in order to achieve it.