length: [OE] Length was coined in the prehistoric Germanic period from the adjective *langgaz (source of English long) and the abstract noun suffix *-ithō. The resultant *langgithō has subsequently diversified to Dutch lengte, Swedish längd, Danish længde, and English length. (German has plumped for the different noun derivative länge ‘length’, whose English relative lenge ‘length’ survived until the 17th century.) => long
Old English lengðu "length," from Proto-Germanic *langitho, noun of quality from *langgaz (root of Old English lang; see long (adj.)) + *-itho, abstract noun suffix (see -th (2)).
Cognate with Old Norse lengd, Old Frisian lengethe, Dutch lengte. Figurative sense of "the distance one goes, extremity to which something is carried" is from 1690s. Phrase at length "to full extent" is attested from c. 1500.
双语例句
1. Strangely enough, you will automatically wake up after this length of time.
奇怪的是，过了这样一段时间你就会自己醒来。
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2. The length of the war is one of the biggest unknowns.
战争要持续多久是最大的未知数之一。
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3. They trekked from shop to shop in search of white knee-length socks.
他们拖着步子从一家商店走到另一家，寻找齐膝的白袜子。
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4. The guy just loves to yap, and will do so at length.
那家伙就爱胡扯，而且一说起来就没完没了。
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5. He struck a match, and held it at arm's length.
