, long

距离distance

1.（长度或距离）长的measuring or covering a great length or distance, or a greater length or distance than usual

2.（询问或谈论长度或距离）长used for asking or talking about particular lengths or distances

时间time

3.长时间的；长久的；长期的lasting or taking a great amount of time or more time than usual

4.（询问或谈论某段时间）used for asking or talking about particular periods of time

5.（因忙或不愉快等）似乎比实际时间长的seeming to last or take more time than it really does because, for example, you are very busy or not happy

衣物clothes

6.长的（完全或大部分覆盖腿或臂的）covering all or most of your legs or arms

as long as your arm

很长very long

at long last

最后；终于after a long time

at the longest

最长，至多（不超过某特定时间）not longer than the particular time given

by a long way

大量地；大大地by a great amount

go back a long way

相识很久to have known each other for a long time

go a long way

经用；够维持很长时间to last a long time

have come a long way

取得大的进步；大有长进to have made a lot of progress

have a long way to go

还有很长的路要走；还有很大差距to need to make a lot of progress before you can achieve sth

how long is a piece of string?

一条线有多长（意指没有确切的答案）used to say that there is no definite answer to a question

in the long run

从长远来看concerning a longer period in the future

its a long story

一言难尽；说来话长used to say that the reasons for sth are complicated and you would prefer not to give all the details

the long arm of sth

（某事物的）权力，权威the power and/or authority of sth

the long and (the) short of it

总而言之；总的情况used when you are telling sb the essential facts about sth or what effect it will have, without explaining all the details

(pull, wear, etc.) a long face

闷闷不乐；哭丧着脸；愁眉苦脸(to have) an unhappy or disappointed expression

long in the tooth

年齿渐长；老朽old or too old

long on sth

擅长；颇具（某种特性）having a lot of a particular quality

a long shot

成功希望不大的尝试；把握不大的猜测；姑妄一猜an attempt or a guess that is not likely to be successful but is worth trying

long time no see

好久不见了used to say hello to sb you have not seen for a long time

not by a long chalk

差得远；绝不；一点也不not nearly; not at all

take a long (cool/hard) look at sth

极其慎重地考虑（问题或可能性）to consider a problem or possibility very carefully and without hurrying

take the long view (of sth)

从长远考虑to consider what is likely to happen or be important over a long period of time rather than only considering the present situation

to cut a long story short

长话短说；扼要地说；简而言之used when you are saying that you will get to the point of what you are saying quickly, without including all the details

1.长期地；长久地for a long time

2.（在某一时间或事件之前或以后）很久地a long time before or after a particular time or event

3.（用于名词后强调某事发生在某整段时间）used after a noun to emphasize that sth happens for the whole of a particular period of time

as/so long as

只要only if

for (so) long

长久地；（这么）长时间地for (such) a long time

how long have you got?

你有多少时间（指需要很长时间来解释）used to say that sth is going to take a long time to explain

long live sb/sth

…万岁；…万古常青used to say that you hope sb/sth will live or last for a long time

no/any longer

不再；不复used to say that sth which was possible or true before, is not now

so long

再见goodbye

1.[i]（尤指对看似不会很快发生的事）渴望to want sth very much especially if it does not seem likely to happen soon

1.长,长的

2.众多的,充足的,大的

3.长久的,长期的

4.〈诗〉长音的,重读的;【语】长音(节)的

5.冗长的,拖长的

6.个子高的

7....以上,足足

8.达到远方的

9.【商】行情看涨的,做多头的

10.长于...的

1.长久;久已

2.始终

3.遥远地

1.(服装的)长尺寸;长裤

2.【语】长母音;长音节;长子音

3.长期间

4.同“long vacation”

5.【商】看涨的人,做多头的人

6.朗

7.【男名】男子名

8.【姓氏】郎

1.渴想,极想,渴望

1.measuring a large amount from one end to the other; covering a large distance

2.lasting for a large amount of time; seeming to last for a very long time, especially because you are bored or tired; if you work long hours or a long day, you work more than usual; if you have a long memory, you remember even small things that happened many years ago

3.used for saying or asking how far it is from one end of something to the other; used for saying or asking about the amount of time that something lasts

4.a long book, letter, report, etc. has a lot of pages; a long list has a lot of things on it

5.long dresses, pants, sleeves, etc. cover your arms or legs

6.in sports, a long ball is one that is kicked or hit so it travels over a large distance, or kicked or hit beyond a line

7.a long drink is one that is served in a tall glass

8.a long vowel is a vowel that is pronounced for a longer time than most other vowels

1.for a long period of time

2.much earlier or later than a particular event or period

1.Same as long vacation

2.a long period of time

1.to want something very much; to want to be with someone who you love, especially when this is not likely to happen soon