英语词汇“a good ways”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) a good (also great, little, long, etc.) ways: a good (great, little, etc.) distance. Frequently followed by an adverb, esp. off, away. Cf. sense A. 12a. Now colloquial (chiefly North American).

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the world > space > distance > [noun] > a distance

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a good (also great, little, long, etc.) ways1568

a ways1858

1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau iv. ii. sig. E.j^v Come on then, folow me Mido a litle wayes.

1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 289 They..came vnto the gates of the cittie, after they had gon a good wayes in the suburbs.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 292 Hee was faine to goe a great wayes off to fetch his dinner.

1661 G. Bishop New Eng. Judged 82 For some Weeks he could not go home to his Own House, which was but a little ways from it.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. iii. 212 Not that I hope..to live to any such Age as that neither—But if it be only to eighty or ninety: Heaven be praised, that is a great Ways off yet.

1809 Ld. Byron Lines to Mr. Hodgson 25 June Falmouth..is no great ways from the sea.

1838 Southern Lit. Messenger Mar. 161/1 I haven't seen you for the last six months past, and yet we live so short a ways from each other as what we do.

1845 S. Judd Margaret i. xiv. 123 ‘It is only a little ways,’ replied she, ‘and I went clear down to the village to-day alone.’

1879 F. R. Stockton Rudder Grange xiv. 173 The houses scattered a long ways apart, like stingy chicken-feed.

1895 S. Crane Red Badge of Courage v. 55 His mouth was still a little ways open.

1916 M.A.C. Rec. (Michigan Agric. Coll. Soc.) 26 Sept. 4/2 He had gone but a short ways when he fell unconscious.

1979 N. Mailer Executioner's Song (1980) i. xxix. 445 Though I suppose at some point in the future..he may be eligible for parole, that's a long long ways away.

1986 T. Clancy Red Storm Rising (1988) xxi. 324 There is some movement on the road below us, but that's a good ways off, maybe a mile.

2006 A. M. Foley Having my Say xxiii. 141 A little ways upriver from Vienna, Maryland, the Nanticoke turned into Delaware water.

单词	a good ways
释义	> as lemmas a good (also great, little, long, etc.) ways (a) a good (also great, little, long, etc.) ways: a good (great, little, etc.) distance. Frequently followed by an adverb, esp. off, away. Cf. sense A. 12a. Now colloquial (chiefly North American). ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [noun] > a distance strikec1330 spacea1382 lengtha1500 starta1552 a good (also great, little, long, etc.) ways1568 a ways1858 1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau iv. ii. sig. E.j^v Come on then, folow me Mido a litle wayes. 1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 289 They..came vnto the gates of the cittie, after they had gon a good wayes in the suburbs. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 292 Hee was faine to goe a great wayes off to fetch his dinner. 1661 G. Bishop New Eng. Judged 82 For some Weeks he could not go home to his Own House, which was but a little ways from it. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. iii. 212 Not that I hope..to live to any such Age as that neither—But if it be only to eighty or ninety: Heaven be praised, that is a great Ways off yet. View more context for this quotation 1809 Ld. Byron Lines to Mr. Hodgson 25 June Falmouth..is no great ways from the sea. 1838 Southern Lit. Messenger Mar. 161/1 I haven't seen you for the last six months past, and yet we live so short a ways from each other as what we do. 1845 S. Judd Margaret i. xiv. 123 ‘It is only a little ways,’ replied she, ‘and I went clear down to the village to-day alone.’ 1879 F. R. Stockton Rudder Grange xiv. 173 The houses scattered a long ways apart, like stingy chicken-feed. 1895 S. Crane Red Badge of Courage v. 55 His mouth was still a little ways open. 1916 M.A.C. Rec. (Michigan Agric. Coll. Soc.) 26 Sept. 4/2 He had gone but a short ways when he fell unconscious. 1979 N. Mailer Executioner's Song (1980) i. xxix. 445 Though I suppose at some point in the future..he may be eligible for parole, that's a long long ways away. 1986 T. Clancy Red Storm Rising (1988) xxi. 324 There is some movement on the road below us, but that's a good ways off, maybe a mile. 2006 A. M. Foley Having my Say xxiii. 141 A little ways upriver from Vienna, Maryland, the Nanticoke turned into Delaware water. extracted from wayn.¹int.¹ < as lemmas
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