| 单词 |
over-length |
| 释义 |
ˈover-ˈlength, n. (a.) [over- 29.] Too great length. Also as quasi-adj.
1829Bentham Justice & Cod. Petit. 89 The time allowed, is it too long? If yes, then by the overlength is created so much needless delay. 1902Daily Chron. 17 May 3/3 Over⁓length means necessarily a surplus of the inessential. 1959Halas & Manvell Technique Film Animation xviii. 170 If a film..becomes overlength through the addition of essential sound, it is usually better to consider cutting out a complete sequence. 1962A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio vii. 117 A programme..turns out to be seriously overlength. 1977Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Apr. 537/1 Middlemarch, an over-length novel even by the generous Victorian reckoning. |

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