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afar adv.在远处；从远处 (1) 灯塔在远处的海面上闪着光。(2) 从远处就能望到那座塔。(3) 他们从远处赶来参观这个展览会。(4) 海燕从海上遥远的地方振翅飞来。 Afar is a poetic and old-fashioned way to say "far away" or "distant." If your summer visitors have traveled from afar, they've come a long way to see you, and if your boyfriend moves to Australia, you might have to continue your relationship from afar. The word is a shortened form of the Old English of feor, in which of means "of" or "on," and feor is "far, remote, or distant."

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英 [ə'fɑː(r)] 美 [ə'fɑːr] (1) A lighthouse was flashing afar on the sea.(2) The tower was visible from afar.(3) They came from afar to see the exhibition.(4) The petrel came winnowing in from afar on the sea. If something's off at a distance, you can describe it as being afar. You might write a letter to your pen pal in Japan, and say, "This note comes to you from afar." 1[ADV 副词]在远处；从远处 Afar means a long way away.   [usu from ADV]  [LITERARY 文]Seen from afar, its towering buildings beckon the visitor in.从远处看，它高耸的大楼召唤着拜访者进去。...a stranger who has loved her from afar for 23 years.一个暗恋了她23年的陌生人

英语单词	afar
英美音标	英 [ə'fɑː(r)] 美 [ə'fɑːr]
中文释义	adv.在远处；从远处
英语例句	(1) A lighthouse was flashing afar on the sea. (2) The tower was visible from afar. (3) They came from afar to see the exhibition. (4) The petrel came winnowing in from afar on the sea.
中文例句	(1) 灯塔在远处的海面上闪着光。 (2) 从远处就能望到那座塔。 (3) 他们从远处赶来参观这个展览会。 (4) 海燕从海上遥远的地方振翅飞来。
vocabulary简明	If something's off at a distance, you can describe it as being afar. You might write a letter to your pen pal in Japan, and say, "This note comes to you from afar."
vocabulary扩展	Afar is a poetic and old-fashioned way to say "far away" or "distant." If your summer visitors have traveled from afar, they've come a long way to see you, and if your boyfriend moves to Australia, you might have to continue your relationship from afar. The word is a shortened form of the Old English of feor, in which of means "of" or "on," and feor is "far, remote, or distant."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADV 副词]在远处；从远处 Afar means a long way away. [usu from ADV] [LITERARY 文] Seen from afar, its towering buildings beckon the visitor in. 从远处看，它高耸的大楼召唤着拜访者进去。 ...a stranger who has loved her from afar for 23 years. 一个暗恋了她23年的陌生人

Afar Sea Long Feor Means 英 ə'Fɑː(R)] 美 ə'Fɑːr