distance

distance /'dÇstǝns/ n

၁။ [C, U] အကွာအဝေး။ ခရီး။
a short/ long/ great distance ❍ a distance of 20 miles ❍ What's the distance between Oxford and Cambridge/ from Oxford to Cambridge? ❍ In the USA distance is measured in miles, not kilometres ❍ The beach is within walking distance of my house (ie near enough to be reached easily on foot). ❍ Some birds are able to fly very long distances. ❍ (fig ) at a distance of fifty years.
၂။ [C, U] အလှမ်းကွာဝေးသော နေရာ။
He won't hit the target from/at that distance.
၃။ [U] ကာလဒေသကွာခြား ခြင်း။ Distance is no problem with modern telecommunications.
၄။ [U] ခပ်ခွာခွာ၊ ခပ်တန်းတန်း၊ ခပ်စိမ်းစိမ်းဖြစ်ခြင်း။
There was a growing distance between them. သူတို့ အချင်းချင်း ပိုပိုပြီး ခွာပြဲလာတယ်။ Compare THE MIDDLE DISTANCE
v ~ oneself/ sb (from sb/ sth) ကင်းအောင်နေသည်။ ကင်းကွာစေသည်။ She needs to distance herself from some of her more extreme supporters. ❍ Her wealth and success have distanced her from her old friends.
❏ go the (full) distance [IDM ] (esp in sports) အဆုံးထိ၊ အပြီးထိ ယှဉ်ပြိုင်သည်။
Nobody thought he'd last 15 rounds, but he went the full distance.
❏ in/ into the distance [IDM ]
အဝေးကြီးမှာ/ သို့။
I could just see them in the distance. ❍ She stood looking into the distance.
❏ keep sb at a distance [IDM ]
ခပ်တန်းတန်း ဆက်ဆံသည်။ ခပ်စိမ်းစိမ်းနေသည်။
❏ keep one's distance (for sb/ sth) [IDM ]
၁။ ခပ်ခွာခွာ နေသည်။ အနီးသို့မကပ်။ ခပ်ဝေးဝေးက နေသည်။ The police kept their distance during the students' demonstration.
၂။ မရောမိအောင်နေသည်။ မပတ်သက်မိအောင် ရှောင်သည်။
The president has been advised to keep his distance from the organization.