| 单词 | within commuting distance |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswithin commuting distance a. Near enough to reach by the means specified, or within the range of the specified action, as in within commuting distance, within driving distance, within walking distance, etc. ΚΠ 1634 J. Russell Two Famous Pitcht Battels Lypsich & Lutzen 62 Having within a reaching distance got, They did salute them with their thundring shot. 1751 B. Franklin Exper. & Observ. Electr. 62 Electrified clouds passing over hills or high buildings..may be attracted lower till within their striking distance. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. x. 66 The width of the fissure seemed to be fairly within jumping distance. 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xviii. xiii. 332 Steps forward still more briskly, to firing distance; begins his platoon thunder, with the due steady fury. 1919 Vanity Fair Jan. 36/1 Something nice and easy, within commuting distance of New York. 1930 O. Asche Saga of Hans Hansen xvii. 194 I call out aloud and fire a shot from my automatic in case there shall be any trappers in hearing distance. 2009 Vanity Fair Aug. 76/1 [He] lives in a small apartment within walking distance of the office. < as lemmas |
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