long-time
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈlong-time, longtime /ˈlɒŋtaɪm $ ˈlɒːŋ-/ adjective [only before noun] LONG TIMEhaving existed or continued to be a particular thing for a long time 长时间的，为时甚久的 a long-time supporter of civil rights 始终不渝的民权支持者long-time friend/lover etc 老朋友/交往已久的情人等
Examples from the Corpus
long-time• Trading in works of art needs a deep purse and long-time backing.• The general tendency among long-time employees, said the study, is not to think of leaving.• Encourage long-time employees to take early-retirement.• My husband and I are biologists and long-time farmers in your area.• Windsor played the long-time head of a boys' secondary school swallowed up by a grammar school to form a comprehensive.long-time friend/lover etc• Roy Barraclough, a long-time friend and colleague, joked with Mr Dawson less than 24 hours before his death.• Whatever transpired between the two long-time friends must be really serious.ˈlong-time adjectiveChineseSyllable
a continued Corpus having to for be existed particular thing a or
long-time
ˈlong-time
, long‧time /ˈlɒŋtaɪm $ ˈlɒːŋ-/ adjective [only before noun]
having existed or continued to be a particular thing for a long time:
a long-time supporter of civil rights
long-time friend/lover etc
ˈlong-time
, long‧time /ˈlɒŋtaɪm $ ˈlɒːŋ-/ adjective [only before noun]having existed or continued to be a particular thing for a long time:
long-time friend/lover etc