distance

英 ['d?st(?)ns] 美['d?st?ns]

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復(fù)數(shù):?distances;第三人稱單數(shù):?distances;過去式:?distanced;過去分詞:?distanced;現(xiàn)在分詞:?distancing;

distance 距離

dis-, 分開，散開。-st, 站，詞源同stand. 即兩邊分開站的，距離。

distance: distance: [13] Etymologically, things that are distant stand far apart from each other. The word comes via Old French from Latin distantia, an abstract noun formed from distāns, the present participle of distāre ‘be remote’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dis- ‘a(chǎn)part’ and stāre ‘stand’ (source of English state, station, statue, etc and related to English stand).
=> stand, state, station, statue
distance (n.): late 13c., "quarrel, estrangement, discord, strife," from Old French destance (13c.), from Latin distantia "a standing apart," from distantem (nominative distans) "standing apart, separate, distant," present participle of distare "stand apart," from dis- "apart, off" (see dis-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand, set down, make or be firm" (see stet).

Meaning "remoteness, space between things or places" is late 14c. The figurative sense of "aloofness" is the same as in stand-offish. Phrase go the distance (1930s) seems to be originally from the prize ring, where the word meant "scheduled length of a bout."
distance (v.): 1570s (transitive); 1640s (intransitive), from distance (n.). Related: Distanced; distancing.

1. Jay had always tended to keep his girlfriends at a distance.: 杰伊一貫和他的女朋友們保持距離。

2. He stares detachedly into the middle distance, towards nothing in particular.: 他漠然而漫無目標(biāo)地注視著不遠(yuǎn)處。

3. By half distance we held a comfortable two-lap lead.: 到半程時，我們輕松領(lǐng)先兩圈。

4. Even from a distance the effect of his fox costume was stunning.: 即使從遠(yuǎn)處看，他的狐貍戲服也很搶眼。

5. Kenya's long distance runners have taken the athletics world by storm.: 肯尼亞的長跑運(yùn)動員在田徑界獲得了巨大成功。