length

[leŋθ]

n

1) длина

What length is the house? — Какова длина дома?

In what length must the rails be? They can be made any length. — Какой длины должны быть рельсы? Их можно сделать любой длины.

We need more than one length of the pipe. — Одного отрезка трубы нам не хватит.

The length of the room is twice its width. — Длина этой комнаты вдвое больше, чем ширина.

- average length

- considerable length
- radio wave length
- shoulder length hair
- knee length skirt
- length of a dress
- short length of a steel chain
- five inch length of rope
- total length of the field
- length of a train
- length of march
- of equal length
- of the same length
- at arm's length
- over the whole length of the course
- along the length of the shore
- cut smth into equal lengths
- cut into half-inch lengths
- extend one's arm to its full length
- extend to the length of twenty miles
- go the length of the street
- grow to reach a length of three or four metres
- keep at arm's length
- keep smb at arm's lenghth
- lie on the ground at full length
- measure one's sleeve length
- stretch one's legs at full length
- travel the length of the island
- cut the speech to half its length
- river is navigable for the whole of its length

2) продолжительность

He was away for some length of time. — Его довольно долго не было здесь.

He spoke for a length of time. — Он долго говорил.

He would go to any length to get his own way. — Он не остановится ни перед чем, чтобы достичь своего.

He went to great length to please her. — Он шел на все, чтобы угодить ей.

Once he makes up his mind he would go to all length. — Уж если он что-либо решит, его ничем не остановишь.

- hour's length

- length of a holiday
- length of a lifetime
- length of service
- length of a lease
- length of a vowel
- length of days
- length of time required to do the job
- length and the breadth of the place
- stay of some length
- in length of time
- cut the report to half its length
- do smth at length
- report events at length
- see a friend after a length of absence
- speak at great length on the subject
- at length he came to understand it
- at length we convinced him
- day arrived

3) размер

A book is not judged only by its length. — О книге судят не только по ее размеру/объему.

It would require a length of text beyond the scope of a single volume. — Это потребует объема текста, выходящего за пределы одного тома.

- dress length

- length of a book
- length of the examination paper
- length of a film
- length of cloth
- length of wood
- portrait at full length

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USAGE:

(1.) Русское устойчивое словосочетание во всю длину соответствует английскому at full length: to stretch one's legs at full length вытянуть ноги во всю длину; to fall on the ground at full length упасть на землю/растянуться во всю длину. (2.) See depth, n; USAGE (1.), (2.). (3.) See height, n; USAGE (1.), (2.).