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单词 stones throw
释义

stone's thrown.

/ˈstəʊnzˌθrəʊ/
Forms: Also (rarely) stone-throw.
Etymology: throw n.2 9.
The distance that a stone can be thrown by the hand; vaguely used for a short or moderate distance.
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the world > space > distance > [noun] > a short distance
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stone-casta1387
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tinec1420
weec1420
field-breadth1535
field-broad1535
pair of butts1545
straw-breadth1577
stone's throw1581
way-bit?1589
space1609
piece1612
littlea1616
spirt1670
a spit and a stride1676
hair's breadth1706
rope's length1777
biscuit throw1796
a whoop and a holler1815
biscuit toss1836
biscuit cast1843
stone-shot1847
pieceway1886
stone-put1896
pitch-and-putt1925
pieceways1932
α.
1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades iii. 45 For who can see a stones throw of ought thing in land or plaine?
1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit ix. 16 She stank so no body durst come within a Stone's throw of her.
1832 R. Lander & J. Lander Jrnl. Exped. Niger II. viii. 3 The Niger here is not more than a stone's-throw across at present.
1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars v. 218 Three mighty churches, all within a stone's throw of one another.
β. 1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 19 The ruins of the little chapel are within a stone-throw of the road.1895 W. M. Macpherson Ch. & Priory Monymusk i. 41 The little Romanesque church and tower..were built..within a stone throw of their altar.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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