far-flungadj.

Brit.

/ˌfɑːˈflʌŋ/, U.S.

/ˌfɑrˈfləŋ/

Etymology: far adv. Compounds 1a.

‘Flung’, ‘cast’, or extended far or to a great distance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] > extending to a great distance

widespread1863

far-flung1895

1895 Times 14 Oct. 8/1 To the far-flung fenceless prairie.

1897 R. Kipling Recessional in Times 17 July 13/6 Lord of our far-flung battle-line.

1902 Daily Chron. 31 Jan. 3/5 The tangled, far-flung story of the once semi-Royal house of Douglas.

1925 N. E. Odell in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 292 A far-flung head tributary of the Dzakar Chu.

1927 H. E. Fosdick Pilgrimage to Palestine (1928) i. 23 This far-flung vista of the land he loved.

1933 A. G. Macdonell England, their England xi. 197 He was in favour of..the immediate launching of twenty new cruisers to protect the trade routes of our far-flung Empire.

1960 Times 20 Apr. 14/7 The efficiency and self-sufficiency of this far-flung French outpost.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	far-flung
释义	far-flungadj. Brit. /ˌfɑːˈflʌŋ/, U.S. /ˌfɑrˈfləŋ/ Etymology: far adv. Compounds 1a. ‘Flung’, ‘cast’, or extended far or to a great distance. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] > extending to a great distance widespread1863 far-flung1895 1895 Times 14 Oct. 8/1 To the far-flung fenceless prairie. 1897 R. Kipling Recessional in Times 17 July 13/6 Lord of our far-flung battle-line. 1902 Daily Chron. 31 Jan. 3/5 The tangled, far-flung story of the once semi-Royal house of Douglas. 1925 N. E. Odell in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 292 A far-flung head tributary of the Dzakar Chu. 1927 H. E. Fosdick Pilgrimage to Palestine (1928) i. 23 This far-flung vista of the land he loved. 1933 A. G. Macdonell England, their England xi. 197 He was in favour of..the immediate launching of twenty new cruisers to protect the trade routes of our far-flung Empire. 1960 Times 20 Apr. 14/7 The efficiency and self-sufficiency of this far-flung French outpost. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1895
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