length
length
英[leŋθ]美[leŋθ]
n.长度，篇幅，时间的长短，有…长度的，一节，池长，艇位，马位；
复数：lengths;
例句
It is good practice to write to a certain length.按照一定的长度进行写作是一种好的练习。
The area can easily be worked out if you know the length and the breadth.如果你知道长度与宽度, 面积很容易计算出来。
At length the young lady raised her head and looked steadily at his intelligent face.那个年轻妇女终于抬起头, 目不转睛地盯着他心领神会的脸。
At length he returned.他*后还是回来了。
Well, we have discussed the matter at length.这件事我们已经仔细讨论过了。
He went into the subject at full length.他详细地研究了这个问题。
He is the queer old duck with the knee-length gaiters and walrus mustache.他穿着高及膝盖的皮护腿,留着海象般的八字胡,真是个古怪的老家伙。
a unit of time/length/weight.时间/长度/重量单位
The tower ordered the plane to taxi the full length of the runway.塔台指挥人员命令该机在跑道上滑行全程。
The standard of length in France is the metre.法国的标准长度是米。
英语六级真题
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 BHumans 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 CThe 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 AThey 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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-VAR
长度；距离
The length of something is the amount that it measures from one end to the other along the longest side.
例句
It is about a metre in length.它长约1米。...the length of the fish...鱼的身长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.
例句
...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。N-VAR
（持续）时间的长短
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.
例句
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。N-COUNT
（绳、布、木头等的）一段，一节，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.
例句
...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。N-UNCOUNT
（与短相对的）长
The length of something is its quality of being long.
例句
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。N-COUNT
（游泳池的）池长
If you swim a length in a swimming pool, you swim the distance from one end to the other.
例句
I swim 40 lengths a day.我每天游20个来回。N-COUNT
（赛艇中的）艇位；（赛马中的）马位，马身长度
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.
例句
Harvard won by four lengths.哈佛大学队4个艇位胜出。N-SING
全程；全长
If something happens or exists along the length of something, it happens or exists for the whole way along it.
例句
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。PHRASE
终究；终归；*终
If someone does something at length, they do it after a long period of time.
例句
At length my father went into the house.我父亲*后还是进了屋。PHRASE
长久地；详尽地
If someone does something at length, they do it for a long time or in great detail.
例句
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。PHRASE
不遗余力；竭尽全力；千方百计
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.
例句
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。英汉词典释义
n.
一段, 一节; 细长的一段（或一节、一根等）
We'll need several lengths of string to tie the package.我们需要几段绳子用来打包。长, 长度; 距离
All these sticks are of uniform length.所有这些手杖的长度都是一样的。Take two pieces of string of different lengths.拿两条长度不同的带子。（持续）时间的长短
（书或文件等的）篇幅；（电影的）放映时间
游泳池长度（一端至另一端的距离）
（马或船的）自身长度
英英词典释义
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"行业词典
体育： 时间的长短；长度；
医学： 长度，长：表示物体的*长径线或两个点之间的测值；
数学： 长度；
物理学： 长度；
