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Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): distance, distance, distant, distantly
Xem thêm: aloof, upstage, remote, removed, remote
distant adj.
1 far away in space
VERBS be, sound | become, grow The sound of the engine was growing more and more distant.
ADV. far (literary), very in far distant lands | increasingly | unimaginably It was only a few miles away but it seemed unimaginably distant. | geographically geographically distant areas of the world
PREP. from The stars are more distant from the earth than the sun.
2 far away in time
VERBS be
ADV. very | increasingly | fairly, not too in the not too distant future
PHRASES the dim and distant past stories from the dim and distant past
3 not friendly/not paying attention
VERBS be, seem | become | remain | find sb
ADV. very | rather, slightly | strangely Even his children found him strangely distant and impersonal.
adj.
distant villages
the sound of distant traffic
a distant sound
a distant telephone call
a distant cousin
a distant likeness
stood apart with aloof dignity
a distant smile
he was upstage with strangers
distant events
the remote past or future
distant lands
remote stars