首页英语词典long-windedlong-winded的意思

long-winded怎么读？

long-winded

英美['lɔŋ'wɪndɪd]

英英释义实用场景例句

近义词tiresome windy

adj. 冗长的；罗嗦的；气长的

中文词源

long-winded 啰嗦的

long,长的，winded,通风的，喘气的。引申词义啰唆的。

英文词源

long-winded (adj.): also longwinded, 1580s, "given to lengthy speeches," from long (adj.) + wind (n.) in the secondary Middle English sense "breath in speaking" (early 14c.).

双语例句

1. A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He's got to keep on delivering as he goes along.--Carl Hubbell, Baseball Player: 靠过去完成的无法让人保有成功，必须在路上持续交出成绩。

2. The road to peace will be long and drawn-out.: 通往和平的道路将很漫长。

3. It was five long miles to the nearest pub.: 离最近的酒吧有长长的5英里的路程。

4. His destination was Chobham Common, a long way from his Cotswold home.: 他的目的地是乔伯姆公地，那里和他在科茨沃尔德的家离得很远。

5. It's a long way to go for two people in their seventies.: 对于两个七十几岁的人来说，这段路太远了。