far-off

英 [ˈfɑːr ɒf]

美 [ˈfɑːr ɔːf]

adj.  遥远的; 很久以前的; 久远的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 遥远的
  a long distance away
  1. a far-off land
     一个遥远的国度
• 很久以前的；久远的
  a long time ago
  1. memories of those far-off days
     久远往昔的回忆

英英释义

adj

• very far away in space or time
  1. faraway mountains
  2. the faraway future
  3. troops landing on far-off shores
  4. far-off happier times
  Synonym:faraway

双语例句

• They are not dead; they have skimmed the purple sea, and gone to a far-off land; but they will be back again by and by.
  它们并不是死了；它们掠过大海，飞往远方去了；祂们不久还会再回来的。
• Afternoon and hush and the far-off sound of the wagons coming in from the spiraling red fields.
  午后的寂静和远处那些从红土地里归来的大车的声音，更使人悠然神往。
• Far-off tales and children's stories, that's all that is.
  那些不过是吓小孩用的传说故事罢了。
• Yet they find no escape, for their survival and comfort now depend on unpredictable strangers in far-off corners of the globe.
  然而他们发现无处可逃，因为他们的生存和舒适现在依赖于地球遥远角落里无法预测的陌生人。
• Ron and Hermione seemed a long way away, in a far-off country; he felt as though he had parted from them long ago.
  罗恩和赫敏似乎在很远很远的地方，在某个遥远的国度。他觉得自己跟他们分开很久了。
• My earliest memories are of pointing to the sky, having detected the far-off drone of a piston engine.
  我能回忆起的最早的事情就是指着天空，耳边传来远处的活塞引擎的轰鸣声。
• You think of it more of an attainable need to fulfill, rather than a far-off mythical goal.
  你觉得它更需要一个可以实现的履行，而不是一个遥远的神秘的目标。
• But there may be simpler reasons forQatar's sudden enthusiasm for a far-off war.
  卡塔尔为什么对这场遥远地区发生的战争如此热心，可能还有一种更为简单的解释。
• There are long brown mountains and a few pines and far-off forests of beech-trees on some of the mountainsides.
  这里有绵延的褐色群山，山上长着一些松树，远方的几处山坡上，有几片山毛榉林。
• Far-off, most secret, and inviolate Rose?
  遥远的、最隐秘的、不可侵犯的玫瑰。