stone's throw

英 [stəʊnz θrəʊ]

美 [stoʊnz θroʊ]

网络  短距离

英英释义

noun

• a short distance
  1. it's only a step to the drugstore
  Synonym:step

双语例句

• Mr Cassano ran the business from London, where he lived in a grand town house a stone's throw from Harrods.
  卡萨诺在伦敦管理业务，他住在离哈罗德一箭之遥的豪华联排别墅里。
• The hotel is just a stone's throw away from the station.
  饭店离车站只有一箭之遥。
• You live within a stone's throw of a low-carbon life. We'll appreciate it if you can do more.
  你离低碳生活还差一点。如果能多做一点就更好了。
• Luke found employment and rented a flat a stone's throw from his office.
  卢克找到了工作，租了一间离他办公室很近的房间。
• Even at its closest, though, no one would say Mars is a stone's throw away.
  即使在火星距地球最近的时候，也没有人敢说火星与地球的距离为一箭之隔。
• He lives only a stone's throw from here.
  他住的地方离这里只有一箭之遥。
• The Henry Street branch is only a stone's throw from the Jervis Centre and enjoys a much better location.
  亨利街分店离Jervis中心只有一箭之遥，但地理位置更佳。
• He poorly cloaked his feelings when he pronounced Bathsheba's name. He came on looking upon the ground, and did not see Bathsheba till they were less than a stone's throw apart.
  在他说到巴丝谢芭的名字时，他的感情掩饰得极不成功。他埋头赶着路，直到他们相距不到一箭之地时他才看到了巴丝谢芭。
• The complex is a stone's throw away from the Peninsula Hotel and its guesthouses are close to 30 times cheaper than that hotel's most modest rooms.
  楼群离半岛酒店咫尺之遥，客房的价钱比半岛酒店最普通的房间便宜近30倍。
• Victoria concert hall is just a stone's throw away from city hall.
  维多利亚音乐厅距离政府大厦不远。