单词 | faraway |
释义 | farawayfar‧a‧way /ˈfɑːrəweɪ/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
THESAURUS► far 1[only before noun] literary a long distance away SYN distant: She dreamed of flying away to exotic faraway places. faraway noises► see thesaurus at far2a faraway look an expression on your face which shows that you are not paying attention but thinking about something very different: His eyes had a distant faraway look, like a sailor staring out to sea. adverb a long distance – used mainly in negatives and questions, or after ‘too’, ‘so’, and ‘as’: · It’s not far to the airport from here.· Have you driven far?· The ship was so far away we could hardly see it. ► a long way adverb a long distance from somewhere. This is the most common way of talking about long distances, except in negatives and questions when far is also common: · You must be tired – you’ve come a long way.· It’s a long way down from the top of the cliff.· I can’t see things that are a long way away. ► miles adverb informal a very long way: · We hiked miles.· The school is miles away from where I live. ► in the distance adverb a long way from where you are now – used when talking about things that seem small or sounds that seem quiet because they are a long way away: · Dogs were barking somewhere in the distance. ► distant adjective especially written used about something that is a long distance from where you are now, and looks small or sounds quiet: · By now, the plane was just a distant speck in the sky.· the rumble of distant thunder ► faraway adjective especially written a very long distance from where you are now: · a traveller from a faraway land· His voice sounded faraway.· He told us stories about the faraway countries he had visited. ► remote adjective a remote place is a long distance from other places, and few people go there: · The helicopter crashed in a remote part of the country.· remote holiday destinations ► isolated adjective an isolated place is a long distance from other towns, buildings, or people, and there is very little communication with surrounding places: · isolated rural areas of Nepal· Occasionally we passed through a small isolated village.· If you travel to isolated areas, make sure you have a good guide. ► off the beaten track (also off the beaten path American English) adverb a place that is off the beaten track is a long distance from the places where people usually go, and often seems interesting and different because of this: · She likes to go to places that are a bit off the beaten track. Longman Language Activatorfar away from other places► distant/far-off a distant or far-off town or country is a long way from where you are: · Food at the fair comes from such far-off places as Brazil and Lithuania.· How can we send our young men off to distant lands to die in foreign wars? ► faraway written a faraway country, especially one that you have been told about or have read about, is very far away, and different from your own country: · Ed told us stories of all the faraway countries he had visited.· Avis always dreamed of an exotic vacation in some faraway place. ► remote remote places are far away from other places or people, and very few people go there: · They moved to a remote farmhouse in North Wales.· The helicopter crashed in a remote desert area. ► isolated a long way from other towns, buildings, or people, especially in a quiet place where you are alone: · If you travel to isolated areas, make sure you have a good guide.· The area is extremely isolated because of the hills that surround it. ► secluded a secluded place is private and quiet because it is a long way from other people - use this about a place where people can do what they want without being disturbed: · They drove to a secluded spot in the country to have their picnic.· We rented a little cabin on the edge of a secluded lake. ► in the middle of nowhere/miles from anywhere/in the back of beyond informal in a lonely place a long way from towns or villages, where you do not expect to find any houses: · Amazingly, we found a really nice motel in the middle of nowhere.· We were miles from anywhere and had no idea how to get back. ► in the boondocks/boonies American informal in a part of the country that is a long way from any town: · I'm not moving to that place - it's out in the boondocks.· Gayle lives out in the boonies - it would take at least an hour to get there. ► out of the way fairly far away from any town or from where other people live, and a little difficult to find and travel to: · The house is a little out of the way, but you should be able to find it. ► off the beaten track also off the beaten path American a place that is off the beaten track or path is a long way from the places where people usually go, which usually makes it more interesting to visit: · The little restaurant was so far off the beaten track that we almost didn't find it.· Greg likes to get off the beaten path and discover places that other tourists don't find. ► way out a long way from where you are now or far away from the nearest town: way out in/past/beyond etc: · I live way out in Laurel Canyon.· We drove way out past Reno to the old Fielding place. ► far-flung far-flung places are all connected with a particular organization, country etc but they are all very far away from it: · Our job is to organize the company's far-flung offices.· Participants come from nations as far-flung as Iceland and Japan. |
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