核心畫面

One way to picture it: something a great distance off — you can just about see or hear it, but it is nowhere near you.

一樣東西在很遠的地方——看得見輪廓、聽得到一點聲音,但它不在你身邊。地平線那頭的山、夜裡從很遠傳來的火車聲、地圖上要更多收起一樣東西在很遠的地方——看得見輪廓、聽得到一點聲音,但它不在你身邊。地平線那頭的山、夜裡從很遠傳來的火車聲、地圖上要翻好幾頁才找得到的國家。重點是那段距離:中間隔著大片空白,人在這頭,東西在那頭。

From the word’s history

Simply far + away written as one word — the distance is right there in the parts.

就是 far(遠)+ away(離開這裡)黏成一個字,意思完全寫在零件上:遠、而且離這裡。知道這點就不必另外背,看到字就看到畫面。

Wiktionary, 'faraway' (univerbation of far + away)

Two branches

空間上的遠

核心本身:真的有一段實際距離。

faraway (distant) · adjective · C2

A very long way from where you are now, used especially about places, sounds, or countries.

遙遠的

眼神飄走的遠

把距離從外面搬到人身上:身體在這裡,注意力卻跑到很遠的地方去了。

faraway look (distracted) · adjective · C2

A look on someone's face that shows their mind is somewhere else, not on what is happening around them.

恍惚的

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

farawayadj/ˈfɑɹəweɪ/

  • 1

    Distant.

    • She lived in a faraway village in a faraway land.
  • 2

    Not mentally present, as when daydreaming.

    • There was a faraway look on his face.
    • Suddenly it occurred to Mala why the unsaddlings and the faraway looks. All four of them were expecting something of a fairly long wait.

farawaynoun/ˈfɑɹəweɪ/

  • 1

    One who lives a great distance away.

    • The Neighbors, the enviros, the real and the want-to-be cowpokes, the locals and the faraways, the rich and the wishful, the purported miners all said they wanted to buy out Braden.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。