He was making quite a long speech...是什么意思？

He was making quite a long speech...

他的讲话颇为冗长。

he

pron. 他，它，一个人；n. 雄性动物；

例句
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
最终理智占了上风，他打消了那个念头。

was

v. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（ be的过去式 ），在，存在，不受干扰；

例句
There was a terrible sadness in her eyes...
她眼神中流露出深深的悲伤。

making

n. 制造，产生的过程，成功改进的手段，原料，材料；v. “make”的现在分词；

例句
How did you go about making this marvellous acquisition then?
那么你是怎么买到这一绝品的？

quite

adv. 相当，很，非常，确实如此；

例句
For a novelist, that's quite an accomplishment...
对于一位小说家来说，那是相当了不起的成就。

long

adj. 长的，长时间的，冗长的，过长的，长音的；adv. 长久地，始终，遥远地；n. 长时间，长时期，[语]长音节，（服装的）长尺寸，长裤；vi. 渴望，极想；

例句
As long as most people are happy to have the monarchy, the abolitionist position is an arrogant fantasy.
只要大多数人还乐意保留君主制，废除它的主张就是痴人说梦。

speech

n. 演说，演讲，发言，说话，谈话，说话能力或方式，（乐器的）音，音色，方言，民族语言；

例句
The President declined to deliver the speech himself, on account of a sore throat...
总统因嗓子不适而婉拒了亲自讲话。