核心畫面
You can picture length as the distance from one end of something to the other end — the answer to 'how long is it?', measured straight along the thing from start to finish. Every other use of length stretches this one idea: along time instead of space, along a text, or even a literal long thin piece you can hold.
可以想成從一頭量到另一頭的那段距離——回答『它有多長？』，沿著東西本身從起點筆直量到終點。length 其他所有意思…更多收起
可以想成從一頭量到另一頭的那段距離——回答『它有多長？』，沿著東西本身從起點筆直量到終點。length 其他所有意思，都是把這個『從這端到那端』的概念拉到別的地方：拉到時間上、拉到一篇文章上，甚至拉成你手裡那一截又長又細的東西。原始詞典資料12 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
lengthnoun/lɛŋ(k)θ/
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The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
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Duration.
- Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
- In equatorial Ecuador, days and nights are almost the same length, and the sun goes down early.
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hobbieshorse-racinghorseracingThe length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
- five lengths ahead of the field
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mathematicssciencesDistance between the two ends of a line segment.
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ball-gamescricketgamesThe distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
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Total extent.
- the length of a book
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Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.
- a length of rope
- a length of hair
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slangA penis.
- , Bride for the Billionaire Bear Shifter His cock felt firm under her palm, and her mouth watered as she imagined wrapping her lips around his length.
另外 3 個記錄的用法
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entertainmentlifestyletheaterA unit of script length, comprising 42 lines.
- […] open your book of the play, which you have previously carefully perused, and at the same time marked with the proper calls, as thus: a length (or 42 lines) before an entrance, with a pen make a figure on the margin, […]
- The boy was engaged to write out parts at a penny a length (42 lines) for Chetwood, who then charged the manager, […]
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bridgegamesThe number of cards held in a particular suit.
- An artificial bid doesn't necessarily show length in the suit being bid, it has an altogether different meaning.
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beveragesfoodlifestyleThe amount of time for which the taste of wine lingers on the palate after swallowing or spitting it out, measured in caudilies.
lengthverb/lɛŋ(k)θ/
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obsoleteTo lengthen.
- Pack night, peep day; good day, of night now borrow: / Short night, to-night, and length thyself to-morrow.
- Was never man such favour could off atall ladies fynde, To cause them lengthe or shorte the day which they to hym assynde.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。