| 单词 | touching distance |
| 释义 | > as lemmastouching distance touching distance n. the distance within which a person is easily able to reach an object in order to touch it; frequently in within (also in) touching distance: within a short distance, close by; also figurative of a prize, achievement, etc. ΚΠ 1831 N.-Y. Spectator 1 July The power of the glass was such as to bring the scene, seemingly, within touching distance. 1892 J. Tait Mind in Matter (ed. 3) 314 ‘Criticism’, has never reached nearer than touching distance to the extreme outworks of divine truth. 1979 A. Gray Unlikely Stories (1984) 118 My entourage came in and wanted to wash, feed and soothe me but I let nobody within touching distance. 2004 Daily Tel. 19 Aug. 1/4 There were bronze medals in archery and canoeing, and that elusive first gold is in touching distance. < as lemmas |
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