long-winded
英 [ˌlɒŋˈwɪn.dɪd]
美 [ˌlɑːŋˈwɪn.dɪd]
long-winded 啰嗦的long,长的,winded,通风的,喘气的。引申词义啰唆的。
- 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.).
- 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。