英语词汇“distance”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	distance
释义	dis·tance I. \ˈdistən(t)s\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English distaunce, from Old French destance, distance, from Latin distantia, from distant-, distans (present participle of distare to stand apart, be distant) + -ia -y — more at distant 1. obsolete : discord, dissension, quarrel 2. a. (1) : a portion of time between two events or between an event and the present : interval < the distance between birth and death > < not sure he could endure the distance to the time of his release from captivity > (2) : separation in time < it is impossible to judge, at this distance, whether most of these cases would pass for willful murder at the present day — G.G.Coulton > b. : the degree or amount of separation between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects in geometrical space measured along the shortest path joining them < the distance between the two houses was exactly one mile > < the distance between the eyes varies with individuals > (1) : the space between troops in ranks, vehicles, or units measured from front to rear — contrasted with interval (2) : the space between the foremasts of adjacent ships in column, line, or line of bearing (3) : the amount of space between the eye and an object of perception c. : an extent of space measured linearly along a route : the length especially of a surface or road traveled or to be traveled < the Gambia river, navigable for ocean vessels for a distance of 150 miles — Americana Annual > < he did not know the distance he had walked > < whoever guided the Stevens Party in 1844 would have kept as close as possible to the point of this hill in order to save distance — G.R.Stewart > < a considerable distance of highway > < followed for a distance by a stray dog > d. : an extent or degree of figurative advance or movement away or along from a point considered primary or original < they carried Puritan severity quite a distance — John Gould > < the firm is now quite a distance from what it was when it was founded > e. : a portion (as of landscape) extended in breadth and depth especially viewable all at once : expanse < a distance of field, woods, and diluted November sky did indeed stretch without any other feature — Elizabeth Bowen > < a country of flat plains and great distances > f. in racing (1) : course, route < was able to run the distance in record time > (2) : an extent or length of the track marked by a post or flag placed in the last part of a racecourse which a horse in a heat race must reach by the time the winner crosses the finish line or be disqualified for later heats 3. a. : the quality or state of being distant or spatially remote < distance lends enchantment > b. : remoteness in nonspatial relationships : the quality or state of being distant or not near or not close in ways other than spatial < the gradual elimination of the distance between a character and a writer's sympathy for that character — J.B.Ludwig > as (1) : personal and especially emotional or moral separation or lack of involvement : absence of intimacy or familiarity < the sensitive young hero, shiveringly conscious of his distance from the school community around him — Anthony Quinton > also : coldness, reserve < an unusual distance between the two formerly inseparable friends > (2) : the degree of separation from immediate succession or close blood relationship < the distance between the duke and the throne was not great > < a great distance between the two cousins > (3) : aesthetic distance < trying to preserve the distance between the play and the audience > c. : difference, disparity < the spiritual, economic, and social distances between city dweller and farmer — American Guide Series: Minnesota > 4. a. : a distant point or region or its representation in drawing or painting : a point not near or close < the house was at a distance from his work > < I can see things from a great distance, and look back across a fairly wide gulf of years — Harold Nicolson > b. : the representation of distance or spatial separation in drawing or painting : perspective; also : the background of a distant view — often used in plural < shaded distances > • - go the distance - keep one's distance - know one's distance II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) 1. a. : to place or keep at a distance < to one who contrives to distance himself from contemporary emotional disputation — Times Literary Supplement > < apartness in space is the most common factor in such distancing of the potential aesthetic object — Hunter Mead > b. : to cause to appear remote or as if at a distance 2. a. : to leave far behind : outstrip < they both intended to take the road to Irkutsk, and being well mounted hoped to distance the Emir's scouts — W.H.G.Kingston > specifically : to beat by a distance in racing b. : to surpass greatly 3. : to declare disqualified for later heats in racing because of losing one heat by a distance or more III. adjective : intended for or designed to facilitate the clearer perception of things at a distance < distance glasses >
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