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length DISTANCEleNkWnthe measurement of something from end to end or along its longest side长度Passengers will be charged according to the lengths of their vehicles. [C]乘客们将会被按照他们车辆的长度来收费。This elastic cord stretches to twice its normal length. [C]这根弹性皮筋伸展到原来长度的两倍。The boat is ten metres in length (= ten metres long). [U]该船长10米。She planted rose bushes (along) the length of the garden (= the whole distance along it). [U]她沿着花园都种上了蔷薇丛。A length of something such as string or pipe is a piece of it一段，一根He used a short length of steel pipe as a weapon. [C]他拿一段钢管作为武器。A length is a unit used in describing the distance by which a horse or boat wins a race. It is equal to the measurement from one end of the horse or boat to the other（赛马、赛艇）的身体、船体长度The Cambridge boat won by two lengths. [C]剑桥队的船以领先两个船身的距离获得胜利。A length in a swimming pool is the distance from one end to the other游泳池的长度She swims forty lengths a day. [C]她一天要游20个来回。If you travel the length and breadth of a place, you go to every part of it到处，遍及She travelled the length and breadth of Ireland looking for her missing brother.为了寻找丢失的弟弟，她找遍了整个爱尔兰。
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