long

長い

長い時間続く、または長く続くように感じられる。

やさしい英語で： Lasting a lot of time, or feeling as if it lasts a lot of time.

• It was a long day.
• The meeting was longer than I expected.
• Why does this film feel so long?

類義語： lengthy, extended, prolonged

反対語： short, brief

よく使う表現： a long time, a long wait, a long day, a long meeting

長い

一方の端からもう一方の端までの距離が大きい。

やさしい英語で： Measuring a large distance from one end to the other.

• She has long hair.
• We crossed a long bridge.
• How long is that rope?

類義語： lengthy

反対語： short

よく使う表現： long hair, long road, long tail

長い

長い期間にわたって続く。

やさしい英語で： Lasting for a large amount of time.

• It was a long day.
• We had a long wait at the airport.
• Will the meeting be long?

類義語： lengthy, prolonged

反対語： short, brief

よく使う表現： long time, long wait, long meeting

長い

特にスポーツで、遠くまで移動する、または送られる。

やさしい英語で： Moving or sent over a large distance, especially in sport.

• He made a long pass.
• The goalkeeper sent a long ball towards the striker.
• Her long throws helped the team attack.

反対語： short

よく使う表現： long ball, long pass, long throw

長整数

整数を保存するデータ型。通常の整数型より大きな値を扱えることが多い。

やさしい英語で： A computer data type for storing whole numbers, often allowing larger values than the basic integer type.

• Store the value in a long.
• The program converts the number to a long.
• Two longs hold the starting and ending values.

よく使う表現： a long, unsigned long, signed long

買い持ち投資家

資産を保有し、その価格が上がることを期待する投資家。

やさしい英語で： An investor who owns an asset and expects its price to rise.

• The longs welcomed the price rise.
• Several longs sold their shares before the market closed.
• A sharp fall could hurt the longs.

類義語： bull

反対語： short

よく使う表現： a long, market longs

切望する、恋しく思う

遠くにある、または得にくい人や物を強く求める。

やさしい英語で： To want someone or something very much, especially when they are far away or hard to have.

• I long for home.
• He longed to hold his daughter again.
• Do you ever long for a quieter life?

使い方： long for someone/something (I long for the peace of the countryside.); long to do something (She longed to see her family again.)

類義語： yearn, crave

よく使う表現： long for something, long to leave, long for home, long for peace

どのくらい、それほど長く

質問で尋ねる、または文中の他の語が示す時間の長さを表す。

やさしい英語で： For the amount of time asked about or stated by nearby words.

• How long did you wait?
• I did not expect to stay that long.
• This battery lasts twice as long.

使い方： how long + question (How long will you stay?); as long as something (The second flight lasted twice as long as the first.)

よく使う表現： how long, that long, twice as long