livelong
adjective /ˈlɪvlɒŋ/
/ˈlɪvlɔːŋ/
词源late Middle English leve longe ‘dear long’ (see lief and the adjective long). The change in spelling of the first word was due to association with live1.
Idioms Idioms
the livelong day
- (literary) the whole length of the day
一整天