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单词 faraway
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Definition of faraway in English:

faraway

adjectiveˈfɑːrəweɪfɑːrəˈweɪˈfɑrəˌweɪ
  • 1Distant in space or time.

    exotic and faraway locations
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The events of the previous day seemed so faraway, as though only a distant memory.
    • The brilliant beacons whose radiation streams out of faraway galaxies are known as quasars.
    • From Brisbane, she conducts long distance ultrasounds with patients in faraway Townsville.
    • He shipped others to a faraway town or gave them to a trusted friend.
    • So, in pre-internet days, family research could only be done by travelling to faraway places and digging through records and archives.
    • It was a grand destination, a title now reserved for Caribbean hideaways and faraway ski resorts.
    • The only pass we knew about then was the faraway Kyber Pass.
    • While working full-time at the BBC, I spent about four years flying to quite faraway places to film on location.
    • Yet, she was transferred to a faraway village where it was impossible for her to get regular and quality medical treatment.
    • I think my first plane flight wasn't until I was 12, and that was to the faraway place of Arizona.
    • Golf is a game of wide open spaces and, increasingly, faraway places.
    • Why not also indulge the pleasure of reading about fancier meals and faraway places?
    • Then there are the stories of faraway lands and long journeys through fretful nights.
    • Although I sometimes feel like a foreigner in a faraway town, I have always felt comforted by the vastness and beauty of the land.
    • He hears of men going to wars, but it is always a distant thing in a faraway place for him.
    • Such constant interventions in faraway countries might seem to hold limited appeal for Americans.
    • Fifty-four turned up along with their family members, from such faraway places as Los Angeles and Mumbai.
    • But it's not just a book about things that happen over there in faraway places.
    • It wasn't just a phone call in the deepest night to a faraway place with a remote person about a crazy subject.
    Synonyms
    distant, far off, far
    remote, out of the way, far flung, far removed, outlying, obscure, isolated, secluded, cut off, off the beaten track, in the back of beyond, in the middle of nowhere
    1. 1.1 Seeming remote from one's immediate surroundings.
      she had a faraway look in her eyes
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Consequently, what illustrations exist of the Acadian landscape tend to be faraway and vague.
      • But aside from that, I couldn't help but notice that faraway look he had.
      • The majority of dancers, in an attempt to obscure the reality, push this theme to some faraway corner of the brain.
      • Sometimes he would get that faraway look, like he was a million miles away.
      • But his eyes seemed distant and faraway, seeing more than just what lay before him.
      • Her eyes were dreamy and faraway and although she looked into mine I knew it wasn't me he was seeing.
      • Perhaps he spoke to me, perhaps not, everything sounded distant and faraway.
      • "Grace, " he said, and his voice sounded faraway.
      • Her pale face had taken on a dreamy glow, a faraway look glazed her eyes.
      • Lydia smiled at her whenever she saw that faraway look on Aleena's face.
      • Tony's voice was just on the other side of the door, but it sounded faraway and distant.
      • My father's eyes looked distant, the sort of foreign, faraway gaze he always had when he was being serious.
      • Jim stared at it a long moment, his eyes taking on a faraway, distant look.
      Synonyms
      dreamy, daydreaming, abstracted, absent-minded, distracted, preoccupied, absorbed, engrossed, vague, lost in thought, somewhere else, not there, not with us, in a world of one's own, with one's head in the clouds
      informal miles away

Rhymes

affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea
 
 

Definition of faraway in US English:

faraway

adjectiveˈfɑrəˌweɪˈfärəˌwā
  • 1Distant in space or time.

    exotic and faraway locations
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Golf is a game of wide open spaces and, increasingly, faraway places.
    • But it's not just a book about things that happen over there in faraway places.
    • He shipped others to a faraway town or gave them to a trusted friend.
    • The only pass we knew about then was the faraway Kyber Pass.
    • Why not also indulge the pleasure of reading about fancier meals and faraway places?
    • He hears of men going to wars, but it is always a distant thing in a faraway place for him.
    • The events of the previous day seemed so faraway, as though only a distant memory.
    • Then there are the stories of faraway lands and long journeys through fretful nights.
    • From Brisbane, she conducts long distance ultrasounds with patients in faraway Townsville.
    • Yet, she was transferred to a faraway village where it was impossible for her to get regular and quality medical treatment.
    • I think my first plane flight wasn't until I was 12, and that was to the faraway place of Arizona.
    • It wasn't just a phone call in the deepest night to a faraway place with a remote person about a crazy subject.
    • Although I sometimes feel like a foreigner in a faraway town, I have always felt comforted by the vastness and beauty of the land.
    • Fifty-four turned up along with their family members, from such faraway places as Los Angeles and Mumbai.
    • It was a grand destination, a title now reserved for Caribbean hideaways and faraway ski resorts.
    • So, in pre-internet days, family research could only be done by travelling to faraway places and digging through records and archives.
    • Such constant interventions in faraway countries might seem to hold limited appeal for Americans.
    • The brilliant beacons whose radiation streams out of faraway galaxies are known as quasars.
    • While working full-time at the BBC, I spent about four years flying to quite faraway places to film on location.
    Synonyms
    distant, far off, far
    1. 1.1 Seeming remote from the immediate surroundings; dreamy.
      she had a strange faraway look in her eyes
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Her pale face had taken on a dreamy glow, a faraway look glazed her eyes.
      • Tony's voice was just on the other side of the door, but it sounded faraway and distant.
      • Lydia smiled at her whenever she saw that faraway look on Aleena's face.
      • Perhaps he spoke to me, perhaps not, everything sounded distant and faraway.
      • But his eyes seemed distant and faraway, seeing more than just what lay before him.
      • My father's eyes looked distant, the sort of foreign, faraway gaze he always had when he was being serious.
      • Sometimes he would get that faraway look, like he was a million miles away.
      • Jim stared at it a long moment, his eyes taking on a faraway, distant look.
      • Her eyes were dreamy and faraway and although she looked into mine I knew it wasn't me he was seeing.
      • The majority of dancers, in an attempt to obscure the reality, push this theme to some faraway corner of the brain.
      • But aside from that, I couldn't help but notice that faraway look he had.
      • "Grace, " he said, and his voice sounded faraway.
      • Consequently, what illustrations exist of the Acadian landscape tend to be faraway and vague.
      Synonyms
      dreamy, daydreaming, abstracted, absent-minded, distracted, preoccupied, absorbed, engrossed, vague, lost in thought, somewhere else, not there, not with us, in a world of one's own, with one's head in the clouds
 
 
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