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单词 away
释义 away
I. \əˈwā\ adverb
Etymology: Middle English away, on way, from Old English aweg, onweg, from a- (I), on + weg way — more at way
1. : on the way : onward, along
 < come away death — Shakespeare >
2. : from this or that place : hence, thence
 < the lone and level sands stretch far away — P.B.Shelley >
 < go away >
— sometimes used to indicate motion from a place with no expressed verb of motion or no expressed verb at all
 < we must away >
 < whither away >
3.
 a. : from contact or close association : aside
  < she folded her work and laid it away — H.W.Longfellow >
 b. : at a little distance : off
  < he was a good boxer inside as well as away — A.J.Liebling >
 c. : in another direction; especially : in the opposite direction
  < we've turned … hard away in a tight circle to port to get out of this area — Richard Dimbleby >
4. : from a condition of being : out of existence : to an end : to nothing
 < tried to explain away the affair of the letter — H.E.Scudder >
 < a progressive twitching of the muscles with increasing weakness and wasting away — Morris Fishbein >
5. : from one's possession or use
 < it is given away to a friend by the householder — J.G.Frazer >
6.
 a. : onward in time : uninterruptedly, constantly, on
  < a distinct compartment in one's mind that works away no matter what is going on — O.W.Holmes †1935 >
 b. : without hesitation or delay : forthwith, immediately
  < the troops were ordered to fire away >
7. : to a considerable degree : by a long distance or interval : far
 < he is far and away the best player on the team >
 < the trouble began away back in 1910 >
II. adjective
1.
 a. : absent from a place : gone
  < he is away from home >
 b. : started on the way : off
  < he was away at a gallop — Winston Churchill >
2. : distant in space or time
 < a lake 10 miles away >
 < the opening of the season is only a week away >
3. chiefly Scotland : gone out of or as if out of existence : dead, mad, or in a faint
 < she was away in her head — Mary Deasy >
4.
 a. : played on an opponent's home grounds
  < league headquarters arranges the schedule of home and away games >
 b. of a golf ball : lying farthest from the cup and to be played first
 c. baseball : out
  < the home run came with two away in the 9th inning >
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