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。
• He lived at a far-off village.
  他过去住在远方的乡村里。
• In those far-off days when people still bought fish for their cats.
  在人们仍买鱼喂养家猫的那些遥远的往日里。
• 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。
• The old lady came back from her dreams of that far-off romance.
  老太太从她那久远的爱之梦中醒过神来。
• 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。
• Hosting companies also offered to run companies'software in their far-off computing centers for monthly and yearly fees.
  主机托管类公司也提供了在远离公司的计算中心运行公司软件，按月及按年计费的业务。
• 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。
• Far-off places, daring sword fights, magic spells, a prince in disguise!
  遥远的地方，勇敢的剑客，神奇的咒语，乔装的王子！
• 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。