long-winded

long-winded

英
　　美 ['lɔŋ'wɪndɪd]

adj. 冗長的；羅嗦的；氣長的

中文詞源：

long-winded 囉嗦的

long,長的，winded,通風的，喘氣的。引申詞義囉唆的。

例句：

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
靠過去完成的無法讓人保有成功，必須在路上持續交出成績。

2. The road to peace will be long and drawn-out.
通往和平的道路將很漫長。

3. It was five long miles to the nearest pub.
離最近的酒吧有長長的5英裡的路程。

4. His destination was Chobham Common, a long way from his Cotswold home.
他的目的地是喬伯姆公地，那裡和他在科茨沃爾德的傢離得很遠。

5. It's a long way to go for two people in their seventies.
對於兩個七十幾歲的人來說，這段路太遠瞭。