Tra từ length - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

length [length lengths] BrE [leŋθ] NAmE [leŋθ] noun

SIZE/MEASUREMENT
1. uncountable, countable the size or measurement of sth from one end to the other
• This room is twice the length of the kitchen.
• The river is 300 miles in length.
•The snake usually reaches a length of 100 cm.
•He ran the entire length of the beach (= from one end to the other).
•Did you see the length of his hair?
compare ↑breadth, ↑width

TIME
2. uncountable, countable the amount of time that sth lasts
• We discussed shortening the length of the course.
• He was disgusted at the length of time he had to wait.
•She got a headache if she had to read for any length of time (= for a long time).
•Size of pension depends partly on length of service with the company.
•Each class is 45 minutes in length.

OF BOOK/MOVIE
3. uncountable, countable the amount of writing in a book, or a document, etc; the amount of time that a film/movie lasts
• Her novels vary in length.

-LENGTH
4. (in adjectives)having the length mentioned
•shoulder-length hair
see also ↑full-length, ↑knee-length

OF SWIMMING POOL
5. countable the distance from one end of a swimming pool to the other
• He swims 50 lengths a day.
compare ↑width

IN RACE
6. countable the size of a horse or boat from one end to the other, when it is used to measure the distance between two horses or boats taking part in a race
•The horse won by two clear lengths.

LONG THIN PIECE
7. countable a long thin piece of sth
•a length of rope/string/wire
•timber sold in lengths of 2, 5 or 10 metres
see also ↑long _adj.
more at keep sb at arm's length at ↑arm _n.
Idioms: ↑at length ▪ ↑at … length ▪ go to any/some/great lengths ▪ ↑length and breadth of …

Word Origin:
Old English lengthu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lengte, also to ↑long (adjective).

Example Bank:
•Each lesson was an hour in length.
•He has to hold newspapers at arm's length to focus on the print.
•He measured the length and width of the table.
•He told me at length about his new job.
•I did 20 lengths today.
•Measure the size of the window and cut the cloth to length.
•She kept him at arm's length until he stopped smoking.
•The fence runs the length of the footpath.
•The pipe was six feet in length.
•The queen bee is twice the length of a worker bee.
•The queue stretched the whole length of the High Street.
•The vehicle has an overall length of 12 feet.
•There is a maximum length of 2 500 words.
•There were coloured lights along the whole length of the street.
•These fish can reach a length of over five feet.
•They complained about the inordinate length of time they had to wait.
•a ditch of great length and width
•a short length of wire
•long lengths of wool
•Carry a whistle and a spare length of rope.
•He ran the entire length of the beach.
•The pipe was attached to the wall with a length of wire
•The river is 300 miles in length.
•The snake usually reaches a length of 100 cm.
•The timber is sold in lengths of 2, 5 or 10 metres.