longest 音标拼音: [l'ɔŋgəst] [l'ɔŋgɪst]
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longest adv 1 :
for the most time ; "
she stayed longest "
Long \
Long \,
a . [
Compar . {
Longer };
superl . {
Longest }.] [
AS .
long ,
lang ;
akin to OS ,
OFries .,
D ., &
G .
lang ,
Icel .
langr ,
Sw .
l [*
a ]
ng ,
Dan .
lang ,
Goth .
laggs ,
L .
longus . [
root ]
125 .
Cf . {
Length }, {
Ling }
a fish , {
Linger }, {
Lunge }, {
Purloin }.]
1 .
Drawn out in a line ,
or in the direction of length ;
protracted ;
extended ;
as ,
a long line ; --
opposed to short ,
and distinguished from broad or wide .
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2 .
Drawn out or extended in time ;
continued through a considerable tine ,
or to a great length ;
as ,
a long series of events ;
a long debate ;
a long drama ;
a long history ;
a long book .
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3 .
Slow in passing ;
causing weariness by length or duration ;
lingering ;
as ,
long hours of watching .
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4 .
Occurring or coming after an extended interval ;
distant in time ;
far away .
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The we may us reserve both fresh and strong Against the tournament ,
which is not long .
--
Spenser .
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5 .
Having a length of the specified measure ;
of a specified length ;
as ,
a span long ;
a yard long ;
a mile long ,
that is ,
extended to the measure of a mile ,
etc .
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6 .
Far -
reaching ;
extensive . "
Long views ." --
Burke .
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7 . (
Phonetics )
Prolonged ,
or relatively more prolonged ,
in utterance ; --
said of vowels and syllables .
See {
Short },
a .,
13 ,
and Guide to Pronunciation , [
sect ][
sect ]
22 ,
30 .
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8 . (
Finance &
Com .)
Having a supply of stocks or goods ;
prepared for ,
or depending for a profit upon ,
advance in prices ;
as ,
long of cotton .
Hence ,
the phrases :
to be ,
or go ,
long of the market ,
to be on the long side of the market ,
to hold products or securities for a rise in price ,
esp .
when bought on a margin .
Contrasted to {
short }.
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Webster 1913 Suppl .]
Note :
Long is used as a prefix in a large number of compound adjectives which are mostly of obvious meaning ;
as ,
long -
armed ,
long -
beaked ,
long -
haired ,
long -
horned ,
long -
necked ,
long -
sleeved ,
long -
tailed ,
long -
worded ,
etc .
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{
In the long run },
in the whole course of things taken together ;
in the ultimate result ;
eventually .
{
Long clam } (
Zool .),
the common clam ({
Mya arenaria })
of the Northern United States and Canada ; --
called also {
soft -
shell clam }
and {
long -
neck clam }.
See {
Mya }.
{
Long cloth },
a kind of cotton cloth of superior quality .
{
Long clothes },
clothes worn by a young infant ,
extending below the feet .
{
Long division }. (
Math .)
See {
Division }.
{
Long dozen },
one more than a dozen ;
thirteen .
{
Long home },
the grave .
{
Long measure }, {
Long meter }.
See under {
Measure }, {
Meter }.
{
Long Parliament } (
Eng .
Hist .),
the Parliament which assembled Nov .
3 ,
1640 ,
and was dissolved by Cromwell ,
April 20 ,
1653 .
{
Long price },
the full retail price .
{
Long purple } (
Bot .),
a plant with purple flowers ,
supposed to be the {
Orchis mascula }. --
Dr .
Prior .
{
Long suit }
(
a ) (
Whist ),
a suit of which one holds originally more than three cards . --
R .
A .
Proctor .
(
b )
One '
s most important resource or source of strength ;
as ,
as an entertainer ,
her voice was her long suit .
{
Long tom }.
(
a )
A pivot gun of great length and range ,
on the dock of a vessel .
(
b )
A long trough for washing auriferous earth . [
Western U .
S .]
(
c ) (
Zool .)
The long -
tailed titmouse .
{
Long wall } (
Coal Mining ),
a working in which the whole seam is removed and the roof allowed to fall in ,
as the work progresses ,
except where passages are needed .
{
Of long },
a long time . [
Obs .] --
Fairfax .
{
To be long of the market },
or {
To go long of the market },
{
To be on the long side of the market },
etc . (
Stock Exchange ),
to hold stock for a rise in price ,
or to have a contract under which one can demand stock on or before a certain day at a stipulated price ; --
opposed to {
short }
in such phrases as ,
to be short of stock ,
to sell short ,
etc . [
Cant ]
See {
Short }.
{
To have a long head },
to have a farseeing or sagacious mind .
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1913 Webster ]
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