| 单词 | far cry |
| 释义 | far cry (once / 8079 pages) 1n 2n The expression far cry means "very different from." If you live in a tiny cottage and your next door neighbor has an enormous mansion, you could say that your house is a far cry from your neighbor's. Something is a far cry when you're disappointed by its difference from something else. You might say, "This hotel is a far cry from the way it looked on the web site" if you're let down by your tiny, windowless room. The phrase within cry of has been used since the 1600's to mean "close enough to be heard," and far cry came along in the mid-1800's, meaning "too far away to be heard," or a figuratively long distance. WORD FAMILYfar cry: far cries USAGE EXAMPLESThe Ramaz School holds games in a modern, brightly lit gym that is a far cry from the Lions’ Den. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) “The data provided a “flicker of optimism” Mizuho Bank economists said in a commentary, “But this is a far cry from an emphatic recovery.” Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) Its quick deployment of relief supplies and recovery specialists last August was a far cry from FEMA’s head-in-the-sand reaction to the tragic storms of 2005. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) 1 n a disappointing disparity 2it was a far cry from what he had expected Hyper disparity inequality or difference in some respect n distance estimated in terms of the audibility of a cry it's a far cry from here Hyper farawayness, farness, remoteness the property of being remote |
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