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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryaside I \ə-ˈsīd\ adverb DATE 14th century1. to or toward the side stepped aside2. away from others or into privacy pulled him aside3. out of the way especially for future use : away putting aside savings4. away from one's thought or consideration jesting aside II preposition DATE 1592obsolete : beyond, past III noun DATE circa 17511. an utterance meant to be inaudible to someone; especially : an actor's speech heard by the audience but supposedly not by other characters2. a straying from the theme : digressionEnglish Etymologyaside late 14c., "to one side, out of the way," from a- (1) + side. Noun sense of "words spoken so as to be (supposed) inaudible" is from 1727.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7☞ asideaside / E5said / adverb1. to six side; out of the way 到旁边；在旁边: She pulled the curtain aside. 她把窗帘拉向一边。 Stand aside and let these people pass. 闪开,让这些人过去。 He took me aside (= away from a group of people) to give me some advice. 他把我拉到一旁,给我出主意。 (figurative) Leaving aside (= not considering at this stage) the cost of the scheme, let us examine its benefits. 方案的费用暂且不理,咱们来审查方案的好处。 All our protests were brushed aside (= ignored). 我们的一切抗议均被置之不理。 2. to be used later 留；存: We set aside some money for repairs. 我们存了一些钱作为修理费用。 3. used after nouns to say that except for six thing, sth is true (用于名词后)除…以外: Money worries aside, things are going well. 除了钱令人发愁外,事情进展顺利。 noun1. (in the theatre 戏剧) something which a character in a play says to the audience, but which the other characters on stage are not intended to hear 旁白2. a remark, often made in a low voice, which is not intended to be heard by everyone present 低声说的话3. a remark that is not directly connected with the main subject that is being discussed 离题话: I mention it only as an aside... 我只是顺便提及… Webster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedSearch result show the entry is found in: lay aside , or aside from , or set-asideasideI. \əˈ-\ adverbEtymology: Middle English, from a- (I) + side1. a. : to or toward one side < draw aside the curtains > b. : sidewise, aslant, obliquely < practiced to lisp and hang the head aside — Alexander Pope >2. now dialect : by the side : alongside — usually used with following of < he sat down aside of me >3. a. : out of the way : away from a group : in or into privacy : apart < had been taken aside by his father — Rex Ingamells > b. : away from oneself < he threw his coat aside > c. : away from one's thought or use : out of consideration < all such protests were brushed aside as purely superficial — Osbert Lancaster > d. archaic : away from the correct or right way : astray < they are all gone aside — Ps 14:3 (Authorized Version) >4. : set to one side < matters which, exceptional cases aside, no investor can settle with the foreign government — M.A.Heilperin >5. : on each side : to a side < a football match in the High Street with 50 or 60 aside — G.G.Carter >II. preposition1. obsolete : beyond, past < the kind prince … hath rushed aside the law — Shakespeare >2. dialect : beside, near < was always at the wheel with the little boy aside him — Karlton Kelm >III. noun(-s)1. a. : words spoken aside or in a low tone so as to be inaudible to some person or persons present < after a few parting asides to Mrs. Wales she led Cecily into the house — Hamilton Basso > b. (1) : words spoken by a character in a play that are heard by the audience but are supposedly not heard by other characters on stage (2) : a stage convention using such words2. : a departure from the subject or principal theme (as of an essay or lecture) : digression, parenthesis < the author frequently stops the narrative for caustic asides and remarks on a wide variety of subjects — R.A.Cordell >

Away Aside To Side A Noun Heard Adverb