【long音标】 英[lɒŋ] 美[lɔ:ŋ]
【单词释义】 long是什么意思：
adj.长的；长时间的；冗长的，过长的；长音的
adv.长久地；始终；遥远地
n.长时间，长时期；[语]长音节；（服装的）长尺寸；长裤
vi.渴望，极想
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] longs [第三人称单数] longs
[单词现在分词] longing
[单词过去式] longed
[单词过去分词] longed
[比较级] longer [最高级] longest
[反义词] short 短的
【long形近词/近似词】
among prep.在…中(通常指三者或三者以上)
tong n. 夹子；钳子；火剪 v. 用钳子钳起
gong n.锣；钟状物；奖章；勋章
song n.歌曲
【常用短语】
as long as 只要；和…一样长
before long 不久;很快
long long ago 很久之前
【单词例句】
◇ He stepped into the parlor, and when he approached the bed, he saw the wolf lying there. "So here I find you, you old sinner," he said. "I have been hunting for you a long time."
猎人进了屋，来到床前时却发现躺在那里的竟是狼。“你这老坏蛋，我找了你这么久，真没想到在这里找到你！”他说。
---- Little Red Cap
◇ The stepmother brought with her two daughters. Cinderella was happy to have a new stepmother and stepsisters. However, it wasn't for long, for Father soon had to leave on a far away trip. "Pretty Cinderella, listen to your stepmother and stepsisters." Cinderella promised her father that she would.
继母带着两个女儿嫁了过来。灰姑娘有了继母和姐妹感到很高兴。然而，好景不长，父亲不久后将要离开去一个很远的地方。“美丽的灰姑娘，乖乖地听你继母和姐妹的话。”灰姑娘答应了父亲。
---- Cinderella
◇ They were dazzlingly white with long waving necks. They were swans and uttering a peculiar cry. They spread out their magnificent broad wings and flew away from the cold regions toward warmer lands and open seas.
他们白得发亮，颈项又长又柔软。这就是天鹅。他们发出一种奇异的叫声，展开美丽的长翅膀，从寒冷的地带飞向温暖的国度，飞向不结冰的湖上去。
---- The Ugly Duckling
◇ The snowflakes fell on her long, fair hair, which hung in curls on her shoulders, but she regarded them not.
雪花落在她那金黄色的头发上 —— 长长的卷发披散在肩上，看起来十分美丽，可她考虑不到这些。
◇ Alice ran after him like the wind.She was getting very near him when he suddenly turned a corner.Alice ran round the corner too,and then stopped.She was now in a long,dark room with doors all round the walls,and she could not see the White Rabbit anywhere.
爱丽丝跟在他后面像风一样跑起来。她就快追上他了，兔子突然转了个弯。爱丽丝也转过弯，然后停了下来。这是一个狭长的房间，很暗，墙四周都是门。她看不清白兔在哪儿。
---- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1)
◇ Spitting out toothpaste when you're finished but refraining from rinsing helps the fluoride to hang around the teeth longer, for additional protection.
刷完牙后吐出残余牙膏和泡沫但不要漱口，可以帮助氟化物在牙齿上停留更长时间，从而提供额外的保护。
---- How to properly brush your teeth
◇ Then he would wait no longer, but flew away, to commence his wooing at once.
当他从她得不到半个字的回答的时候，就不再愿意问了。他飞走了，并且立刻开始他的求婚活动。
---- The Butterfly
◇ "I am a princess and am looking for my twelve brothers. I will walk on as long as the sky is blue, until I find them." She also showed him the twelve shirts that belonged to them.
她回答：“我是公主，在寻找我的十二个哥哥。哪怕是走到天涯海角，我也一定要找到他们。”她说着便拿出他们的十二件衬衣给他看。
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ Many long, long years later, once again a prince came to the country.
许多许多年过去了，一天，又有一位王子踏上了这块土地。
---- Little Brier-Rose
◇ Before long, he started his own bakery and lived a better life.
不久，他就开了自己的面包店，过上了稍好一点的生活。
---- Immigrate to America