a. 长的, 长久的, 冗长的, 做多头的

vi. 渴望, 热望, 极想

ad. 长久, 始终

n. 长时间, 长信号, 长整型

[计] 长, 长整型

[经] 长期的, 远期的

Long \Long\, a. [Compar. {Longer}; superl. {Longest}.] [AS.
long, lang; akin to OS, OFries., D., & G. lang, Icel. langr,
Sw. l[*a]ng, Dan. lang, Goth. laggs, L. longus. [root]125.
Cf. {Length}, {Ling} a fish, {Linger}, {Lunge}, {Purloin}.]
1. Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length;
protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to
short, and distinguished from broad or wide.

2. Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a
considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series
of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a
long book.

3. Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration;
lingering; as, long hours of watching.

4. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in
time; far away.

The we may us reserve both fresh and strong
Against the tournament, which is not long.
--Spenser.

5. Having a length of the specified measure; of a specified
length; as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that
is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc.

6. Far-reaching; extensive. `` Long views.'' --Burke.

7. (Phonetics) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in
utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See {Short},
a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 22, 30.

8. (Finance & Com.) Having a supply of stocks or goods;
prepared for, or depending for a profit upon, advance in
prices; as, long of cotton. Hence, the phrases: to be, or
go, long of the market, to be on the long side of the
market, to hold products or securities for a rise in
price, esp. when bought on a margin. Contrasted to
{short}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Note: Long is used as a prefix in a large number of compound
adjectives which are mostly of obvious meaning; as,
long-armed, long-beaked, long-haired, long-horned,
long-necked, long-sleeved, long-tailed, long- worded,
etc.

{In the long run}, in the whole course of things taken
together; in the ultimate result; eventually.

{Long clam} (Zo["o]l.), the common clam ({Mya arenaria}) of
the Northern United States and Canada; -- called also
{soft-shell clam} and {long-neck clam}. See {Mya}.

{Long cloth}, a kind of cotton cloth of superior quality.

{Long clothes}, clothes worn by a young infant, extending
below the feet.

{Long division}. (Math.) See {Division}.

{Long dozen}, one more than a dozen; thirteen.

{Long home}, the grave.

{Long measure}, {Long meter}. See under {Measure}, {Meter}.


{Long Parliament} (Eng. Hist.), the Parliament which
assembled Nov. 3, 1640, and was dissolved by Cromwell,
April 20, 1653.

{Long price}, the full retail price.

{Long purple} (Bot.), a plant with purple flowers, supposed
to be the {Orchis mascula}. --Dr. Prior.

{Long suit}
(a) (Whist), a suit of which one holds originally more
than three cards. --R. A. Proctor.
(b) One's most important resource or source of strength;
as, as an entertainer, her voice was her long suit.

{Long tom}.
(a) A pivot gun of great length and range, on the dock of
a vessel.
(b) A long trough for washing auriferous earth. [Western
U.S.]
(c) (Zo["o]l.) The long-tailed titmouse.

{Long wall} (Coal Mining), a working in which the whole seam
is removed and the roof allowed to fall in, as the work
progresses, except where passages are needed.

{Of long}, a long time. [Obs.] --Fairfax.

{To be long of the market}, or {To go long of the market},
{To be on the long side of the market}, etc. (Stock
Exchange), to hold stock for a rise in price, or to have a
contract under which one can demand stock on or before a
certain day at a stipulated price; -- opposed to {short}
in such phrases as, to be short of stock, to sell short,
etc. [Cant] See {Short}.

{To have a long head}, to have a farseeing or sagacious mind.


Long \Long\, n.
1. (Mus.) A note formerly used in music, one half the length
of a large, twice that of a breve.

2. (Phonetics) A long sound, syllable, or vowel.

3. The longest dimension; the greatest extent; -- in the
phrase, the long and the short of it, that is, the sum and
substance of it. --Addison.


Long \Long\, adv. [AS. lance.]
1. To a great extent in space; as, a long drawn out line.

2. To a great extent in time; during a long time.

They that tarry long at the wine. --Prov. xxiii.
30.

When the trumpet soundeth long. --Ex. xix. 13.

3. At a point of duration far distant, either prior or
posterior; as, not long before; not long after; long
before the foundation of Rome; long after the Conquest.

4. Through the whole extent or duration.

The bird of dawning singeth all night long. --Shak.

5. Through an extent of time, more or less; -- only in
question; as, how long will you be gone?


Long \Long\, prep. [Abbreviated fr. along. See 3d {Along}.]
By means of; by the fault of; because of. [Obs.] See {Along
of}, under 3d {Along}.


Long \Long\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Longed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Longing}.] [AS. langian to increase, to lengthen, to stretch
out the mind after, to long, to crave, to belong to, fr. lang
long. See {Long}, a.]
1. To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for
something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or
by for or after.

I long to see you. --Rom. i. 11.

I have longed after thy precepts. --Ps. cxix.
40.

I have longed for thy salvation. --Ps. cxix.
174.

Nicomedes, longing for herrings, was supplied with
fresh ones . . . at a great distance from the sea.
--Arbuthnot.

2. To belong; -- used with to, unto, or for. [Obs.]

The labor which that longeth unto me. --Chaucer.