| 单词 |
over-long |
| 释义 |
▪ I. ˈover-ˈlong, adv. and a.
[f. over- 30, 28 + long a.1, long adv.]
Too long.
A. adv. For too long a time.
[a1250Owl & Night. 450 Þe more ich singe, þe more i mai,..Ac noþeles noht ouer longe.] 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xx. 358 He lat hem ligge ouerlonge, and loth is to chaunge hem. 1526Tindale Acts xxvii. 9 Because..we had overlonge fasted. 1617Hieron Wks. (1620) II. 230 Not to remayne abroad ouer-long. 1892Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xi, This characteristic scene, which has delayed me overlong.
B. adj. Of too great length or duration, too long.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xi. 216 It is ouerlonge ar logyke any lessoun assoille. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 23 The decree is ouerlonge, but the summe is this. 1614Raleigh Hist. World iii. (1634) 51 The shortest life doth oftentimes appear unto us over-long. 1887Pall Mall G. 12 Oct. 2/1 The voyage to Lechlade is overlong for a single day.
▪ II. † over-ˈlong, prep. Obs.
[f. over prep. + long, aphetic f. along prep. Cf. overthwart.]
Along, over the length of.
1470–85Malory Arthur x. lx. 515 Sir Tristram behelde the maronners how they sayled ouer longe humber. |
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