释义
[ dis -tuh nt ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈdɪs tənt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often followed by from ): a distant place; a town three miles distant from here.
apart or far off in time: distant centuries past.
remote or far apart in any respect: a distant relative.
reserved or aloof; not familiar or cordial: a distant greeting.
arriving from or going to a distance, as a communication, journey, etc.: I have here a distant letter from Japan.
Origin of distant 1350–1400; Middle English
dista (
u )
nt (<Anglo-French ) <Latin
distant- (stem of
distāns, present participle of
distāre to stand apart), equivalent to
di- di-
2 +
stā- stand +
-nt- present participle suffix
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OTHER WORDS FROM distant dis·tant·ly, adverb dis·tant·ness, noun o·ver·dis·tant, adjective o·ver·dis·tant·ly, adverb
quasi-distant, adjective qua·si-dis·tant·ly, adverb ul·tra·dis·tant, adjective un·dis·tant, adjective un·dis·tant·ly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for distant adjective far away or apart in space or time
(postpositive) separated in space or time by a specified distance
apart in relevance, association, or relationship a distant cousin
coming from or going to a faraway place a distant journey
remote in manner; aloof
abstracted; absent a distant look
Derived forms of distant distantly , adverb distantness , noun Word Origin for distant C14: from Latin distāre to be distant, from dis- 1 + stāre to stand
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