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单词 farther
释义 far·ther
I. \ˈfärthər, ˈfȧthə(r\ adverb
Etymology: Middle English ferther, alteration (influenced by ferre — compar. of fer, adverb, far — , from Old English fierr, fyrr, compar. of feorr, adverb, far) of further — more at further (adverb), far
1.
 a. : to a greater distance in space : to a more remote place
  < drive farther north >
  < swallows … are gathering to fly farther away — Padraic Colum >
 b. : at a greater distance in space : at a more remote place
  < farther down the corridor — Willa Cather >
 c. : at a greater distance in time
  < it may go back still farther to racial Druid memories — Marjorie K. Rawlings >
 d. : more divergent
  < nothing had been farther from his thoughts — C.S.Forester >
2. : to or at a more advanced point : beyond a given limit
 < if he could go a little farther … he might become a very fine poet — C.P.Aiken >
3. : further I 3
4. : to a greater degree or extent
 < we do not extend the one-man idea any farther than we have to — G.F.Eliot >
II. adjective
Etymology: Middle English ferther, from ferther, adverb
1.
 a. : more distant in space : remoter
  < the farther side of town >
  < flood the farther parts of your fields — Oliver La Farge >
 b. : more divergent in character or relationship
  < the farther the machines get from immediate and practical application — Robert Bendiner >
 c. : more remote in time
  < a memory of a farther childhood — Yale Review >
2. : further II 2
3. : the more distant of two
 < the farther side — C.E.Craddock >
 < her glance fixed itself … upon the farther room — Virginia Woolf >
III. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English fertheren, from ferther, adverb & adjective
: further
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