furlong
名词 n.
英 /ˈfɜːlɒŋ/
美 /ˈfɝˌlɔŋ/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile (220 yards, or 201.168 metres), now mainly used in measuring distances in farmland and horse racing.
— Novv vvould I giue a thouſand furlongs of Sea, for an Acre of barren ground: Long heath, Brovvne firrs, any thing; the vvills aboue be done, but I vvould faine dye a dry death.
- A unit of land area one furlong (sense 1) square (ten acres, or about four hectares).
- An undefined portion of an unenclosed field.
- Synonym of stadion (“a Greek unit of distance based on standardized footraces, equivalent to about 185.4 metres”).
- Synonym of headland (“unploughed boundary of a field”).
- Synonym of land (“the ground left unploughed between furrows”).
- Synonym of land (“any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing”).
词源
PIE word
*dlongʰos
From Middle English furlong, forlong (“unit of distance about one-eighth of a mile; quantity of land equal to one square furlong; racetrack for foot races; foot race”) [and other forms], from Old English furlang, furlung, from furh (“a furrow”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“to dig; to open; to rip up”) + lang (“long”, adjective) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos (“long”)), originally the typical length of a furrow in an average field.
*dlongʰos
From Middle English furlong, forlong (“unit of distance about one-eighth of a mile; quantity of land equal to one square furlong; racetrack for foot races; foot race”) [and other forms], from Old English furlang, furlung, from furh (“a furrow”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“to dig; to open; to rip up”) + lang (“long”, adjective) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos (“long”)), originally the typical length of a furrow in an average field.
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