Word · Frequency #17078
furlong
弗隆（英国长度单位，等于220码）
a unit of length equal to 220 yards
- 1.
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.
弗隆(英国长度单位)
In use
The racetrack is exactly one furlong long.
They measured the field in furlongs rather than meters.
A mile is made up of eight furlongs.
a furlong is ...
用于向不熟悉英制的人解释该单位。
A furlong is a unit of length equal to 220 yards.
弗隆是长度单位，等于220码。
X furlongs
在英制赛马中，一英里等于八弗隆。
The racecourse is eight furlongs long.
这条赛马跑道长八弗隆。
within a furlong of sth
该介词短语表示距离很近，常用于描述短距离。
The farm lies within a furlong of the village.
农场距离村庄不到一弗隆。
Common mistakes
The race is eight furlong long.The race is eight furlongs long.
furlong是可数名词；汉语名词没有复数变化，学习者容易漏掉-s，但数词eight后必须用复数furlongs。
The farm is a furlong far from the village.The farm is a furlong away from the village.
具体距离后不能再用far，far只表示笼统的“远”；表达“距某处一弗隆”时要用away from。
Connections
Collocations
- final furlong
- 最后的一弗隆（尤指赛马终点前的距离）
- The horse accelerated in the final furlong.这匹马在最后的一弗隆加速。
- furlong post
- 弗隆标志杆（赛马场上的距离标柱）
- The jockey checked the furlong post as they passed.骑师经过时看了一眼弗隆标志杆。
- measured in furlongs
- 以弗隆为单位计量
- Distances in horse racing are measured in furlongs.赛马比赛的距离以弗隆计量。
- a few furlongs
- 几弗隆
- The village is only a few furlongs from the castle.村庄离城堡只有几弗隆远。
- half a furlong
- 半弗隆
- They were half a furlong from the finish line.他们距终点线还有半弗隆。
- within a furlong
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：fur(毛皮)+long(长)，想象一条超长毛皮有220码，即一弗隆。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：horse racing、historical measurement 该词多用于赛马或历史、土地丈量等特定语境，属于较正式的计量用语；日常口语中很少用到，语气随场景变化，在赛马语境中比较自然，在学术或历史文本中显得正式。
Pronunciation & Spelling
There are no common exact rhymes for furlong. The vowel in the stressed syllable is /əː/, as in fur, her, and bird, so these words are useful for practicing that sound. The spellings ending in -ong (long, song, wrong) look similar to furlong's final syllable, but they are stressed on /ɒŋ/, whereas furlong's final /lɒŋ/ is unstressed, so they are not rhymes.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.