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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryaway I \ə-ˈwā\ adverb DATE before 12th century1. on the way : along get away early2. from this or that place go away3. a. in a secure place or manner locked away b. in another direction look away4. out of existence : to an end echoes dying away5. from one's possession gave away a fortune6. steadily onward : uninterruptedly clocks ticking away7. by a long distance or interval : far away back in 1910 II adjective DATE 14th century1. absent from a place : gone away for the weekend2. distant in space or time a lake 10 miles away the season is two months away3. played on an opponent's grounds home and away games4. baseball : out two away in the ninth• away·ness nounEnglish Etymologyaway O.E. aweg, earlier on weg "on from this (that) place;" see way. Colloquial use for "without delay" (fire away, also right away) is from earlier sense of "onward in time" (16c.). Intensive use (e.g.away back) is Amer.Eng., first attested 1818.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7☞ awayaway / E5wei / adverb HELP For the special uses of away in phrasal verbs, look at the entries for the verbs. For example get away with sth is in the phrasal verb section at get. away 在短语动词中的特殊用法见有关动词词条。如 get away with sth 在词条 get 的短语动词部份。1. ~ (from sb / sth) to or at a distance from sb / sth in space or time (时间或空间上)离开(某距离),在(某距离)处: The beach is a mile away. 海滩在一英里外。 The station is a few minutes' walk away. 车站离这里有步行几分钟的路。 Christmas is still months away. 离圣诞节还有几个月。 2. to a different place or in a different direction 去别处；朝另一个方向: Go away! 走开！ Put your toys away. 把你的玩具收拾起来。 The bright light made her look away. 强光使她把视线转向别处。 3. ~ (from sb / sth) not present 不在；离开 SYN absent : She was away from work for a week. 她有一个星期没来上班。 There were two children away yesterday. 昨天有十个孩子缺席。 Sorry, he's away. 对不起,他不在。 4. used after verbs to say that sth is done continuously or with a lot of energy (用于动词后)持续地,劲头十足地: She was still writing away furiously when the bell went. 铃声响时她还在不停地写着。 They were soon chatting away like old friends. 他们很快就像老朋友一样聊起天来。 5. until disappearing completely 直到完全消失: The water boiled away. 水烧干了。 The music faded away. 乐声逐渐消失。 They danced the night away (= all night). 他们跳舞跳了一个通宵。 6. (sport 体) at the opponent's ground or stadium 在客场: Chelsea are playing away this Saturday. 本星期六切尔西队要在客场比赛。 an away match / game 客场比赛 ⇨ compare home adj. (4) IDIOMS ▪ away with... (literary) used to say that you would like to be rid of sb / sth 让(某人或事物)消失吧: Away with all these rules and regulations! 让所有这些规章制度见鬼去吧！ ⇨ more at cobweb , dance v., far adv., right adv., straight adv. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedawayI. \əˈwā\ adverbEtymology: Middle English away, on way, from Old English aweg, onweg, from a- (I), on + weg way — more at way1. : on the way : onward, along < come away death — Shakespeare >2. : from this or that place : hence, thence < the lone and level sands stretch far away — P.B.Shelley > < go away >— sometimes used to indicate motion from a place with no expressed verb of motion or no expressed verb at all < we must away > < whither away >3. a. : from contact or close association : aside < she folded her work and laid it away — H.W.Longfellow > b. : at a little distance : off < he was a good boxer inside as well as away — A.J.Liebling > c. : in another direction; especially : in the opposite direction < we've turned … hard away in a tight circle to port to get out of this area — Richard Dimbleby >4. : from a condition of being : out of existence : to an end : to nothing < tried to explain away the affair of the letter — H.E.Scudder > < a progressive twitching of the muscles with increasing weakness and wasting away — Morris Fishbein >5. : from one's possession or use < it is given away to a friend by the householder — J.G.Frazer >6. a. : onward in time : uninterruptedly, constantly, on < a distinct compartment in one's mind that works away no matter what is going on — O.W.Holmes †1935 > b. : without hesitation or delay : forthwith, immediately < the troops were ordered to fire away >7. : to a considerable degree : by a long distance or interval : far < he is far and away the best player on the team > < the trouble began away back in 1910 >II. adjective1. a. : absent from a place : gone < he is away from home > b. : started on the way : off < he was away at a gallop — Winston Churchill >2. : distant in space or time < a lake 10 miles away > < the opening of the season is only a week away >3. chiefly Scotland : gone out of or as if out of existence : dead, mad, or in a faint < she was away in her head — Mary Deasy >4. a. : played on an opponent's home grounds < league headquarters arranges the schedule of home and awaygames > b. of a golf ball : lying farthest from the cup and to be played first c. baseball : out < the home run came with two away in the 9th inning >

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