furlong

[USA]/'fɜːlɒŋ/
[UK]/'fɝlɔŋ/
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Oversættelse

n. en længdeenhed svarende til 220 yards i England.
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Eksempelsætninger

a furlong is an obsolete measure of length.

en furlong er en forældet længdeenhed.

he won by a short head after a great final-furlong duel.

han vandt med et kort hoved efter en stor duel i den afsluttende furlong.

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The horse race is one furlong long.

Hestevedsløbet er en furlong langt.

He ran a furlong before stopping to catch his breath.

Han løb en furlong, før han stoppede for at trække vejret.

The farm is located a furlong away from the village.

Landbruget ligger en furlong væk fra landsbyen.

The track and field event includes a furlong race.

Friidrottsstævnet inkluderer et løb på en furlong.

The marathon is 26 furlongs long.

Maratonløbet er 26 furlongs langt.

The jockey led the horse by a furlong.

Jockeyen førte hesten med en furlong.

The finish line is just a furlong away.

Målstregen er kun en furlong væk.

The racetrack measures the distance in furlongs.

Bane måler afstanden i furlongs.

The furlong is a unit of measurement in horse racing.

En furlong er en måleenhed i hesteløb.

The crowd cheered as the horses raced past the furlong marker.

Mængden jublede, mens hestene løb forbi furlong-markøren.

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They decided to base their new mile on an old-timey measurement called a furlong.

De besluttede at basere deres nye mile på en gammeldags måling kaldet en furlong.

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And she'll say, " Well, I think if you gave it an extra furlong, you might see a better result."

Og hun vil sige: "Nå, jeg tror, hvis du gav den en ekstra furlong, ville du måske se et bedre resultat."

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Parliament eventually decided a mile should be made up of eight furlongs or 5280 feet.

Parlamentet besluttede til sidst, at en mile skulle bestå af otte furlongs eller 5280 fod.

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A furlong was 660 feet, which is the length the team of oxen could plow in a day.

En furlong var 660 fod, hvilket er den længde, et hold okser kunne pløje på en dag.

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Back the horse that's already several furlongs.

Sæt penge på hesten, der allerede er flere furlongs foran.

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And it will be four furlongs.

Og det vil være fire furlongs.

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And then, as they reached the final furlong, my yelling began to die away.

Og så, da de nåede den sidste furlong, begyndte min råben at dø hen.

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The word is they'll be timing Shy Smile over four furlongs at 5.30.

Rygtet er, at de vil måle Shy Smile over fire furlongs klokken 17:30.

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The colt had just completed five furlongs in his second workout since finishing second in the Breeders' Cup Classic a month ago.

Unghesten havde lige gennemført fem furlongs i sin anden træning siden han blev nummer to i Breeders' Cup Classic for en måned siden.

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Once round the course, plus an extra furlong, and the winning post was just below him.

En runde om banen, plus en ekstra furlong, og mållinjen var lige under ham.

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