| 单词 | farewell |
| 释义 | farewell (once / 203 pages) n If you’re saying goodbye to someone you might not see for long time, say farewell, preferably while waving a hankie from the Queen Mary before it sails across the Atlantic. Farewell is a fancy way to say goodbye. A farewell is also an expression of good wishes at a parting. If you’re leaving a job after being there a long time, your co-workers might throw you a farewell party. Farewell is an expression, like "goodbye," but also a noun — if you like to leave without a lot of fuss, you don’t like long farewells. Farewell is a combination of fare and well. Fare comes from the Old English word faran, which means "to journey." WORD FAMILYfarewell: farewells USAGE EXAMPLESPresident Obama is planning a major farewell address which does not appear to be a farewell at all. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) But the most telling part of the coach’s farewell talk was this: Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Astrophysics, and the smaller world of women in science, said farewell to a pioneer and a champion in Vera Rubin. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting Syn|Hypo|Hyper word of farewell adieu, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good day, good-by, good-bye, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long a farewell remark bon voyage, send-offan organized expression of goodwill at the start of a trip or new venture good morning, morninga conventional expression of greeting or farewell afternoon, good afternoona conventional expression of greeting or farewell good nighta conventional expression of farewell acknowledgement, acknowledgment a statement acknowledging something or someone 2n the act of departing politely he disliked long farewells Syn|Hypo|Hyper leave, leave-taking, parting valediction the act of saying farewell departure, going, going away, leaving the act of departing |
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