length
英英释意
- 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"