Howlongとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Apparently named from a local property called Hoolong owned by Isaac Rudd, from an Aboriginal place name meaning "beginning of the plains".

固有名詞

Howlong

1. A town in the Federation council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.

形容詞

how long

1. Used literally: what length.

   How long is that piece of string?

   I don't know how long the Amazon River is.

2. Used literally: what duration.

   How long are you here for? ~ Until the end of next month.

   How long have you already been here (for)? ~ Since last Friday

   How long is it to lunch?

   How long ago did you stop playing tennis?

派生語

• How long is a piece of string?

副詞

how long

1. Used literally: for what duration.

   How long have you lived in Chicago?

   He won't tell me how long he is going to stay.

   • [1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:

     How long I slept I cannot tell, for I had nothing to guide me to the time, but woke at length, and found myself still in darkness.