faraway
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++far·a·way /ˈfɑːrəweɪ/ adjective 1 [only before noun] literaryFAR a long distance away 遥远的 SYN distant She dreamed of flying away to exotic faraway places. 她梦想着飞到遥远的异国。 faraway noises 远处的喧嚣声► see thesaurus at far2 a faraway look ATTENTIONan expression on your face which shows that you are not paying attention but thinking about something very different 心不在焉的神情；若有所思的神情 His eyes had a distant faraway look, like a sailor staring out to sea. 他的眼神若有所思，就像水手在眺望大海。
Examples from the Corpus
faraway• Ed told us stories of all the faraway countries he had visited.• Above it rose a hazy glow, like a faraway fire.• He's a hawkeye, and can spot one a mile off, like that faraway kestrel.• We sat around the fire listening to faraway noises.• The territory of the setting sun is also the territory of the faraway, of what is elsewhere.• Avis always dreamed of an exotic vacation in some faraway place.• She was lost and alone in a faraway place.• I thought of each person going now to a faraway place.• There is nothing new in the fact that news reports from faraway places are often wrong.• But even then Ethel had pored over travel brochures and dreamed of ships, cruises, and faraway places.far·a·way adjectiveChineseSyllable
distance a Corpus away long
faraway
far‧a‧way /ˈfɑːrəweɪ/
adjective
1. [only before noun] literary a long distance away
SYN distant:
She dreamed of flying away to exotic faraway places.
faraway noises
2. a faraway look an expression on your face which shows that you are not paying attention but thinking about something very different:
His eyes had a distant faraway look, like a sailor staring out to sea.
▪ far adverb a long distance – used mainly in negatives and questions, or after ‘too’, ‘so’, and ‘as’: It’s not far to the airport from here. | Have you driven far? | The ship was so far away we could hardly see it.
▪a long way adverb a long distance from somewhere. This is the most common way of talking about long distances, except in negatives and questions when far is also common: You must be tired – you’ve come a long way. | It’s a long way down from the top of the cliff. | I can’t see things that are a long way away.
▪miles adverb informal a very long way: We hiked miles. | The school is miles away from where I live.
▪in the distance adverb a long way from where you are now – used when talking about things that seem small or sounds that seem quiet because they are a long way away: Dogs were barking somewhere in the distance.
▪distant adjective especially written used about something that is a long distance from where you are now, and looks small or sounds quiet: By now, the plane was just a distant speck in the sky. | the rumble of distant thunder
▪faraway adjective especially written a very long distance from where you are now: a traveller from a faraway land | His voice sounded faraway. | He told us stories about the faraway countries he had visited.
▪remote adjective a remote place is a long distance from other places, and few people go there: The helicopter crashed in a remote part of the country. | remote holiday destinations
▪isolated adjective an isolated place is a long distance from other towns, buildings, or people, and there is very little communication with surrounding places: isolated rural areas of Nepal | Occasionally we passed through a small isolated village. | If you travel to isolated areas, make sure you have a good guide.
▪off the beaten track (also off the beaten path American English) adverb a place that is off the beaten track is a long distance from the places where people usually go, and often seems interesting and different because of this: She likes to go to places that are a bit off the beaten track.
far‧a‧way /ˈfɑːrəweɪ/
adjective1. [only before noun] literary a long distance away
SYN distant:
2. a faraway look an expression on your face which shows that you are not paying attention but thinking about something very different:
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