furlong
furlong /ˈfɝˌlɔŋ/ nghĩa là fơ-lông (đơn vị đo chiều dài bằng 1/8 dặm Anh, khoảng 201 mét)
Các nghĩa
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fơ-lông (đơn vị đo chiều dài bằng 1/8 dặm Anh, khoảng 201 mét)
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.
[T]he Otter ſmels a fiſh forty furlong off him in the water; […]
The fresh and desperate onset bore / The foes three furlongs back and more, / Leaving their noblest in their gore.
His day's ride is a furlong space, / His city tops a glimmering haze.
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bờ ruộng, bờ thửa
Synonym of headland (“unploughed boundary of a field”).
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đất bỏ hoang giữa các luống cày
Synonym of land (“the ground left unploughed between furrows”).
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khoảnh đất chia để cày
Synonym of land (“any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing”).
Dạng khác
- furlongs plural
- furlong archaic, plural