名词

在理发店

1. 长度；距离
The length of something is the amount that it measures from one end to the other along the longest side.

2. （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.

3. （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.

4. （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.

5. （与短相对的）长
The length of something is its quality of being long.

6. （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.

7. （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.

8. 全程；全长
If something happens or exists along the length of something, it happens or exists for the whole way along it.

9. see also: full-length

10. 终究；终归；最终
If someone does something at length, they do it after a long period of time.

11. 长久地；详尽地
If someone does something at length, they do it for a long time or in great detail.

12. 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.

13. at arm's length - see arm
the length and breadth of - see breadth

1. a section of something that is long and narrow

e.g. a length of timber
a length of tubing

2. continuance in time

e.g. the ceremony was of short duration
he complained about the length of time required

Synonym: duration

3. the linear extent in space from one end to the other
the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place

e.g. the length of the table was 5 feet

4. size of the gap between two places

e.g. the distance from New York to Chicago
he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points

Synonym: distance

5. the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end

e.g. the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words