(of a vowel) categorized as long with regard to quality and length (e.g. in standard british english the vowel /uː/ in food is long as distinct from the short vowel /ʊ/ in good).
Примеры использования:
The big problem with long vowels is that there is more than one way to spell the same sound.
adverb
(of a vowel) categorized as long with regard to quality and length (e.g. in standard british english the vowel /uː/ in food is long as distinct from the short vowel /ʊ/ in good ).
adverb
(of odds or a chance) reflecting or representing a low level of probability.
Примеры использования:
Winning against long odds
adverb
(of shares, bonds, or other assets) bought in advance, with the expectation of a rise in price.
adverb
(of a drink) large and refreshing, and in which alcohol, if present, is not concentrated.
adverb
Well supplied with.
Примеры использования:
An industry that's long on ideas but short on cash
adverb
A long period.
Примеры использования:
See you before long
Синонимы:
SoonShortlyPresentlyIn the near futureIn a short timeIn a little whileIn a minuteIn a momentIn an instantIn the twinkling of an eyeIn (less than) no timeIn no time (at all)Before
adverb
A long sound such as a long signal in morse code or a long vowel or syllable.
Примеры использования:
Two longs and a short
adverb
Long-dated securities, especially gilts.
adverb
For a long time.
Примеры использования:
We hadn't known them long
adverb
(with reference to the ball in sport) at, to, or over a great distance.
Примеры использования:
The cambridge side played the ball long
verb
Have a strong wish or desire.
Примеры использования:
She longed for a little more excitement
Синонимы:
YearnPineAcheWishBurnHanker for/afterHungerThirstItchPantHopeBe eagerBe desperateBe consumed with desireBe unable to waitWould give one's eye teethCraveNeedLust afterDream
abbreviation
Longitude.
combining form
(added to nouns) for the duration of.
Примеры использования:
Lifelong
Primarily spatial sense
adjective
Being a distance between two points that is more than average or usual, or being of a particular length
Примеры использования:
There was a long line at the post office., when i was young i wore my hair long., we’re still a lon…
adjective
Used to describe the situation in which you buy and keep shares, etc. because you expect them to rise in value and make a profit
Примеры использования:
Nobody wants to be long on stocks over a weekend of economic uncertainty, because stocks may fall s…
Old English langian ‘grow long, prolong’, also ‘dwell in thought, yearn’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch langen ‘present, offer’ and German langen ‘reach, extend’.
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An evergreen coniferous tree which has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves. many kinds are grown for the soft timber, which is widely used for furniture and pulp, or for tar and turpentine.
Примеры использования:
Hollyhock landed in a low branch of a pine tree, and dangled there as she tried to find a way to ge…
verb
Suffer a mental and physical decline, especially because of a broken heart.
Примеры использования:
She thinks i am pining away from love
noun
An evergreen tree that has thin leaves like needles and that grows in cool northern regions, or the wood of these trees
