You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
— Evan Esar  ·  No category

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length [lɛŋθ] 词频1 词根: leng
n. 长度，长;时间的长短;（语）音长;一段，一节;
💡 leng长+th名词后缀 → 长度
"a short length of chain"
一截短链条
近义：duration, hunk, lump, nub, piece, bit
width [wɪdθ] 词频2 词根: wide
n. 宽度;广度;
💡 wid=wide宽的+th抽象名词 →宽度
"Height: 210 mm. Width: 57 mm. Length: 170 mm."
高：210毫米；宽：57毫米；长：170毫米。
近义：wideness, breadth, elbowroom
depth [dɛpθ] 词频2 词根: th
n. 深度;深处，深海;深奥，奥妙;进深;
💡 dep=deep深的+th抽象名词 →深度
"What's the depth of the water here?"
这儿的水有多深？
近义：profundity, deepness, inwardness, profoundness
life [laɪf] 词频1
n. 生活，生计;生命，性命;一生，寿命;人生，尘世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎没有目标。
近义：being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest 反义：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end

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