Longname詞源 1/ˈlɒŋ/

• 1

  A surname transferred from the nickname. Originally a nickname for a tall man.

  • Huey Long
  • Then there’s Billy Long, a former auctioneer and Republican congressman who Trump nominated and was confirmed less than two months ago to head the Internal Revenue Service, with “little background in tax policy beyond promoting a fraud-riddled tax credit”. Long has already been fired after clashing with the treasury secretary, Scott Bessent. Long was the sixth person to head the IRS this year.
• 2

  An unincorporated community in Columbia County, Washington, United States.

• 3

  A commune in Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France.

Longname詞源 2/ˈlɒŋ/

• 1

  A surname from Chinese.

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  A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.

  • “Long” is an ancient name for the area around what is now Long County in Shaanxi Province. The land south of Long is the Sichuan Basin.
  • Each animal is cast with a hollow, open body that fits over the yoke of a cart (cat. nos. 31, 3c, 37), as do similarly designed animal figures excavated from a Qin tomb at Bianjiazhuang, Long county, southwestern Shaanxi Province.

longadj詞源 1/lɒŋ/

• 1

  Having much distance in space from one end to the other.

  • I need a long piece of wood.
  • It’s a long way from the Earth to the Moon.
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  Having much distance in space from one end to the other.

  • This table is long but not very high.
• 3

  Having much distance in space from one end to the other.

  • Smith hoofs a long ball up to Jones.
• 4

  informalHaving much distance in space from one end to the other.

  • My ex was very strong but not very long.
• 5

  Travelling or extending too great a distance in space.

  • The plane touched down long and overran the end of the runway.
  • Juneau was making good time with the other surviving U.S. Navy ships, despite her damage, when the I-26 spotted her and sent a salvo of Type 95 torpedoes in her direction. Passing between the Helena and San Francisco, some indication being they had actually been shot at the San Francisco and gone long because San Francisco was travelling significantly slower than expected, they nonetheless hit Juneau and detonated the ship’s magazine.
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  hobbieslifestylesportsTravelling or extending too great a distance in space.

  • That forehand was long. It landed two feet beyond the baseline.
  • The pass was long and was gathered by the opposing goalkeeper.
• 7

  Having great duration.

  • His speech was long and dull.
  • The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time.
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  Seeming to last a lot of time, due to being boring, tedious, tiring, irksome, etc.

  • It took us three long weeks to clear the stones from the field.
  • It'll be a long journey home for the travelling supporters after that 5-0 defeat.

longnoun詞源 1/lɒŋ/

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  human-scienceslinguisticssciencesA long vowel.

  • In French most vowels are half-long, and are only occasionally lengthened or shortened into full longs and shorts.
• 2

  human-scienceslinguisticsphonologyA long syllable.

• 3

  entertainmentlifestylemusicA note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.

• 4

  computingengineeringmathematicsA long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.

  • A long is typically 64 bits in a 32-bit environment.
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  businessfinanceAn entity with a long position in an asset; for example, a trader or investor possessing an amount of a company's shares.

  • Every uptick made the longs cheer.
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  businessfinanceA long-maturity security, such as a ten- or twenty-year bond.

  • Likewise, if borrowers prefer to sell short-maturity issues at the time lenders prefer to invest in longs, as is the case when interest rates are expected to fall, longer maturity issues will tend to yield less than shorter maturity issues.
  • "U.S. Treasury Market Structure", https://www.mfaalts.org/issue/u-s-treasury-market-structure/ Hedge funds are constrained in how much leverage they can utilize, in part because the futures contracts they are shorting against their Treasury longs have significant initial margin requirements.

longverb詞源 1/lɒŋ/

• 1

  businessfinanceTo take a long position in.

  • The left panel shows the profile of a portfolio consisting of longing a call and shorting a put.

longadv詞源 2/lɒŋ/

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  hobbieslifestylesportsOver a great distance in space.

  • Every golfer wants to hit the ball long and straight.
• 2

  hobbieslifestylesportsOver a great distance in space.

  • She hit her return long and lost the point.
• 3

  For a particular duration (specified by additional qualifying words accompanying it).

  • How long is it until the next bus arrives?
  • She has known us as long as you.
• 4

  For a long time.

  • Paris has long been considered one of the most cultured cities in the world.
  • By eight o’clock, the food will be long gone.
• 5

  rareFor a long time.

  • It’s an earth song,— And I’ve been waiting long for an earth song. It’s a spring song,— And I’ve been waiting long for a spring song.[…] I have been waiting long for this spring song.
• 6

  A long time (see usage notes).

  • Will this interview take long?
  • I haven’t got long to live.

longverb詞源 3/lɒŋ/

• 1

  To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true).

  • She longed for him to come back.
  • The Rabbit sighed. He thought it would be a long time before this magic called Real happened to him. He longed to become Real, to know what it felt like; and yet the idea of growing shabby and losing his eyes and whiskers was rather sad.

longadj詞源 4/lɒŋ/

• 1

  archaicOn account of, because of.

  • I am of opinion, that in regarde of theſe debauches and lewde actions, fathers may, in ſome ſort, be blamed, and that it is onely long of them.

longverb詞源 4/lɒŋ/

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  archaicTo be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.

  • A goodly Armour, and full rich aray, / Which long’d to Angela, the Saxon Queene, / All fretted round with gold, and goodly wel beseene.
  • Tis well, and hold your owne in any case / With such austeritie as longeth to a father.

longverb詞源 6/lɒŋ/

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  obsoleteTo belong.

  • Now ſend Ambaſſage to thy neighbor Kinges, And let them know the Perſian King is chang’d: From one that knew not what a King ſhould doe, To one that can commaund what longs there to: […]

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• taking a long time
• long vacation
• long bond paper
• longitude