【每日一词】furlong - n. 弗隆（英国长度单位） a unit of distance equal to 220 yards (about 201 meters)

Examples of furlong in a Sentence

a furlong is an obsolete measure of length.弗隆是一种已废弃不用的长度单位。

he won by a short head after a great final-furlong duel.经过最后一弗隆的激烈竞争这匹牡马以微弱优势取得了胜利。

length wound stack furlong sugarbush vocable, thug all corners of the country too dissolute.长风叠浪枫林语,刺客江湖也风流.

Recent Examples on the Web

In the last furlong, and most visibly in the last few strides the leading four athletes took in that last furlong, not a horse among them could provide a surge to stop Senor Buscador.

—Guy Martin, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024

There is a possible agreement that would allow Los Alamitos to run low level — $5,000 claimers — more than 4 1/2 furlongs.

—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2023

In the last Breeders’ Cup race of the day, Elite Power ($5.40) unleashed a powerful drive on the outside to repeat as champion in the $2-million Sprint at six furlongs for Mott and Ortiz.

—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2023