length

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高中 CET4 CET6

基本释义

n.长度; 篇幅; 时间的长短; 有…长度的; 一节; 池长; 艇位; 马位

词性变化

复数:lengths;

实用例句

This room is twice the length of the kitchen.

这个房间的长度是厨房的两倍。

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The river is 300 miles in length .

这条河长300英里。

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The snake usually reaches a length of 100 cm.

蛇一般长达100厘米。

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He ran the entire length of the beach (= from one end to the other).

他跑完了海滩的全长。

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Did you see the length of his hair?

你看见他头发有多长吗？

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We discussed shortening the length of the course.

我们就缩短这门课程的时限进行了讨论。

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He was disgusted at the length of time he had to wait.

他非常讨厌要等那么长时间。

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She got a headache if she had to read for any length of time (= for a long time) .

她读书时间长了就头疼。

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Size of pension depends partly on length of service with the company.

退休金的多少部分取决于为公司服务时间的长短。

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Each class is 45 minutes in length .

每一节课为45分钟。

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Her novels vary in length.

她的小说篇幅长短不一。

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shoulder-length hair

长及肩的头发

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He swims 50 lengths a day.

他每天游50个游泳池那么长的距离。

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It is about a metre in length.

它长约1米。

...the length of the fish...

鱼的身长

...a book of at least 100 pages in length...

一百多页厚的书

The length of a paragraph depends on the information it conveys.

段落的长短取决于它所传达的信息量。

The exact length of each period may vary...

每一阶段的确切时长可能会有所不同。

His film, over two hours in length, is a subtle study of family life.

他这部片长逾两个小时的电影对家庭生活进行了巧妙的剖析。

...a 30ft length of rope...

一根30英尺长的绳子

You can hang lengths of fabric behind the glass.

你可以在玻璃后面挂几条织品。

Many have been surprised at the length of time it has taken him to make up his mind...

他居然花了那么长时间才拿定主意，许多人都对此感到吃惊。

I noticed, too, the length of her fingers.

我也注意到她的手指很长。

I swim 40 lengths a day.

我每天游20个来回。

Harvard won by four lengths.

哈佛大学队领先4个艇位胜出。

I looked along the length of the building...

我的目光沿着大楼从首到尾扫过。

The inspiration stemming from his travels lasted the length of his career.

由旅行得来的灵感伴随了他的整个职业生涯。

At length my father went into the house.

我父亲最后还是进了屋。

They spoke at length, reviewing the entire incident.

他们把事情的整个经过详尽地复述了一遍。

Greta Garbo went to great lengths to hide from reporters and photographers.

葛丽泰·嘉宝想方设法躲开记者和摄影师。

真题例句

The length of their driving experience.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Was it because of the growing attraction of the Internet, video games and endless TV channels? Never disconnecting from work? No matter how it happened, millions of Americans are putting their health, quality of life and even length of life in danger.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

The length of the workday, for many workers, is defined by time.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Although many attribute Kodak's downfall to "complacency(自满) ," that explanation doesn't acknowledge the lengths to which the company went to reinvent itself.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

The plane stretches a total length of 54 meters, where experienced scuba divers will eventually be able to venture through the cabin and around the plane's exterior.

2019年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

The plane stretches a total length of 54 meters, where experienced scuba divers will eventually be able to venture through the cabin and around the plane's exterior.

2019年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

We wanted to know if the length of time food is in contact with a contaminated surface affected the rate of transfer of bacteria to the food.

2018年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

That's without cutting the length of students' vacations, increasing class sizes, or requiring faculty to teach more.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

At some 2,300 miles in length, the Mississippi is the longest river in the United States.

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

Humans cannot, and would die if their legs were exposed for any length of time.

2017年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

The dress really caught my eye, but I did have some concerns about the length.

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

They may be able to handle a drought of some length, and many people use the term "drought tolerant" to describe such plants, but they never actually stop needing to consume water, so Farrant prefers to call them drought resistant.

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

According to London underground, only 40 percent of travelers walk the full length of long escalators, leaving the majority at the bottom as they wait to get on to the "standing "side.

2016年高考英语上海卷阅读理解阅读D 原文

California condors are north America's largest birds, with wind-length of up to 3 meters.

2016年高考英语北京卷阅读理解阅读C 原文

The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005 is the first full-length feature film made by directors nick Park and Steve Box with their amazing plasticine characters Wallace and Gromit.

2015年高考英语上海卷阅读理解阅读B 原文

Training for a marathon requires careful preparation and steady, gradual increases in the length of the runs.

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解七选五原文

In those far-off days, it was taken for granted that the critics of major papers would write in detail and at length about the events they covered.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

Whichever approach, the key is to determine your length of focus time and stick to it.

2018年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun

1. the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest horizontal dimension of something that is fixed in place;
"the length of the table was 5 feet"
2. continuance in time;
"the ceremony was of short duration"
"he complained about the length of time required"
3. the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end;
"the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words"
4. size of the gap between two places;
"the distance from New York to Chicago"
"he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points"
5. a section of something that is long and narrow;
"a length of timber"
"a length of tubing"