long timeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

A shortening of It's been a long time (since […] ).

間投詞

long time

1. (idiomatic) Used as part of greeting of two people who have not been in contact for a long time.
   • 2008, Sadie Jones, The Outcast, page 262:

     "Hey, Lewis; long time, man." / "Jack." / They shook hands.

   long time no see!

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see long,‎ time.

   "You’ve been a long time!" "Admittedly, I did stay (for) a long time, but she stayed even longer".

派生語

語源 2

名詞

long time

1. (Thailand, Indonesia, prostitution) A meeting with a sex worker that usually lasts the entire night.
   • 2019 August 26, “What is Long Time in Thailand – Bar Fine Guides”, in Thailand Amigo‎:

     Long Time in Thailand or LT is the term used to define how long the lady is willing to spend time with you. This usually means it will be all night and into the next morning, and you can date her or just hang out with her.

参考

• (sex): short time

アナグラム

• moteling

語源

From long +‎ time.

形容詞

longtime (comparative more longtime, superlative most longtime)

1. Having endured for a long period of time.

   My longtime friend, since birth actually, called and gently broke the bad news to me.

   longtime favorite

   • 2000 October 8, James Poniewozik, “Operating System”, in The New York Times‎:

     It was an outgrowth of Jobs's embrace of 60's counterculturalism -- he was a longtime, and rather irritating, vegetarian and lived in a commune.

   • 2020 June 22, Trudy Ring, “Mondaire Jones Could Be the Nation's First Black Gay Congressman”, in The Advocate‎:

     Criminal justice reform has become a national topic of discussion given recent police killings of Black men, and Jones points out that he's been a longtime activist on this issue, with his experience in Palo Alto and as an NAACP youth organizer. Also, he notes, as a Black man, "People like me are overpoliced, overarrested, overprosecuted."

同意語

• long-standing
• long-term

反意語

• new
• short-term

派生語

• long-timer, longtimer

副詞

longtime (comparative more longtime, superlative most longtime)

1. Having been for a long time

   longtime married

アナグラム

• moteling