| 单词 | distance |
| 释义 | distance (once / 44 pages) nv Distance is an amount of space between things. From a distance, it's hard to tell if someone's wearing a vampire costume or just a chic black outfit. The noun distance usually refers to physical space in between two objects, like the distance between your parking spot and the entrance to the mall. It can also mean an interval in time, like a distance of two years since you graduated. Another meaning of distance is remoteness, like the distance between you and a close friend who doesn't talk to you much these days. The Latin root is distantia, "a standing apart." WORD FAMILYdistance: distanced, distances, distancing+/distant: distance, distanter, distantest, distantly USAGE EXAMPLESThe shoe in question was the Nike Air Rift, or “split-toe” inspired by Kenyan barefoot distance runners allowing extra toe movement. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) It will also see the distance between Mars and Venus get smaller as Venus gets higher each night. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) The Lions, who were 13 of 29 from distance and 21 of 30 at the line, snapped a two-game slide. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the property created by the space between two objects or points Hypo|Hyper way the property of distance in general piecea distance mean distancethe arithmetic mean of the maximum and minimum distances of a celestial body (satellite or secondary star) from its primary farawayness, farness, remotenessthe property of being remote closeness, nearnessthe spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance wavelengththe distance (measured in the direction of propagation) between two points in the same phase in consecutive cycles of a wave focal distance, focal lengththe distance from a lens to its focus hyperfocal distancethe distance in front of a lens that is focused at infinity beyond which all objects are well defined and clear leapthe distance leaped (or to be leaped) spanthe distance or interval between two points wheelbasethe distance from the center of a car's front wheel to the rear axle interval, separationthe distance between things removedegree of figurative distance or separation yardagedistance measured in the aggregate number of yards hour, minutedistance measured by the time taken to cover it milage, mileagedistance measured in miles elevationdistance of something above a reference point (such as sea level) hour anglethe angular distance along the celestial equator from the observer's meridian to the hour circle of a given celestial body far crydistance estimated in terms of the audibility of a cry propinquity, proximitythe property of being close together adjacency, contiguity, contiguousnessthe attribute of being so near as to be touching elevation(ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump clearancethe distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them isometryequality of elevation above sea level altitude, heightelevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface grade, ground levelthe height of the ground on which something stands water levelthe level of the surface of a body of water spacing, spatial arrangement the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them 2n size of the gap between two places the distance from New York to Chicago Syn|Hypo|Hyper length leg (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack arm's lengtha distance sufficient to exclude intimacy gaugethe distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train light timedistance measured in terms of the speed of light (or radio waves) skip distancethe shortest distance that permits radio signals (of a given frequency) to travel from the transmitter to the receiver by reflection from the ionosphere wingspan, wingspreadlinear distance between the extremities of an airfoil wingspreaddistance between the tips of the wings (as of a bird or insect) when fully extended altitudethe perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel) broad gaugea railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard 56.5 inches narrow gaugea railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard 56.5 inches standard gaugerailroad track having the standard width of 56.5 inches size the physical magnitude of something (how big it is) 3n a distant region I could see it in the distance Hyper part, region the extended spatial location of something 4n the interval between two times the distance from birth to death Syn|Hyper space interval, time interval a definite length of time marked off by two instants 5n a remote point in time if that happens it will be at some distance in the future at a distance of ten years he had forgotten many of the details Hyper point, point in time an instant of time 6n indifference by personal withdrawal emotional distance Syn|Hyper aloofness indifference unbiased impartial unconcern 7v go far ahead of Syn|Hyper outdistance, outstrip leave behind depart and not take along 8v keep at a distance we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living Hyper hold, keep, maintain keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean" |
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