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noun This room is twice the length of the kitchen. 这个房间的长度是厨房的两倍。 The river is 300 miles in length. 这条河长 300 英里。 The snake usually reaches a length of 100 cm. 蛇一般长达 100 厘米。 He ran the entire length of the beach (= from one end to the other).他从海滩一头跑到另一头。 Did you see the length of his hair? 你看见他头发有多长吗？ We discussed shortening the length of the course. 我们就缩短这门课程的时间进行了讨论。 He was disgusted at the length of time he had to wait. 他非常讨厌要等那么长时间。 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。 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。 Each class is 45 minutes in length. 每一节课为 45 分钟。 Her novels vary in length. 她的小说篇幅长短不一。 shoulder-length hair长及肩的头发 He swims 50 lengths a day. 他每天游 50 个游泳池那么长的距离。 The horse won by two clear lengths. 那匹马以整整领先两个马身的优势获胜。 a length of rope/string/wire一根绳子／细线／金属线 timber sold in lengths of 2, 5 or 10 metres He quoted at length from the report. 他大段大段地引用报告中的话。 We have already discussed this matter at great length. 我们已经十分详尽地讨论了这个问题。 ‘I'm still not sure,’ he said at length. “我还是没把握。” 他最后说道。 She goes to extraordinary lengths to keep her private life private. 她竭尽全力让自己的私生活不受干扰。 He keeps all his clients at arm's length. 他不与任何委托人过分亲密。 They have travelled the length and breadth of Europe giving concerts. 他们为举行音乐会走遍了欧洲各地。 Each lesson was an hour in length. He has to hold newspapers at arm’s length to focus on the print. He measured the length and width of the table. He told me at length about his new job. I did 20 lengths today. Measure the size of the window and cut the cloth to length. She kept him at arm’s length until he stopped smoking. The fence runs the length of the footpath. The pipe was six feet in length. The queen bee is twice the length of a worker bee. The queue stretched the whole length of the High Street. The vehicle has an overall length of 12 feet. There is a maximum length of 2 500 words. There were coloured lights along the whole length of the street. These fish can reach a length of over five feet. They complained about the inordinate length of time they had to wait. a ditch of great length and width a short length of wire long lengths of wool Carry a whistle and a spare length of rope. He ran the entire length of the beach.他从海滩一头跑到另一头。 The pipe was attached to the wall with a length of wire The river is 300 miles in length. 这条河长 300 英里。 The snake usually reaches a length of 100 cm. 蛇一般长达 100 厘米。 The timber is sold in lengths of 2, 5 or 10 metres. |