单词 | stones throw |
释义 | stone's thrown. The distance that a stone can be thrown by the hand; vaguely used for a short or moderate distance. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [noun] > a short distance wurpc950 stepc1000 footc1300 furlong wayc1384 stone-casta1387 straw brede14.. 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. 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.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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1581 |
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