Way

[weɪ] or [we]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a journey or passage; 'they are on the way'.

(noun.) a course of conduct; 'the path of virtue'; 'we went our separate ways'; 'our paths in life led us apart'; 'genius usually follows a revolutionary path'.

(noun.) any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; 'he said he was looking for the way out'.

(noun.) the property of distance in general; 'it's a long way to Moscow'; 'he went a long ways'.

(noun.) doing as one pleases or chooses; 'if I had my way'.

(noun.) a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'; 'they didn't have much in the way of clothing'.

(noun.) a portion of something divided into shares; 'they split the loot three ways'.

(noun.) the condition of things generally; 'that's the way it is'; 'I felt the same way'.

(adv.) to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States); 'way over budget'; 'way off base'; 'the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on'.

編輯:厄休拉--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(adv.) Away.

(n.) That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine.

(n.) Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way.

(n.) A moving; passage; procession; journey.

(n.) Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance.

(n.) The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan.

(n.) Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas.

(n.) Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing.

(n.) Sphere or scope of observation.

(n.) Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way.

(n.) Progress; as, a ship has way.

(n.) The timbers on which a ship is launched.

(n.) The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves.

(n.) Right of way. See below.

(v. t.) To go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path.

(v. i.) To move; to progress; to go.

吉尔手打

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Passage, march, advance, progression.[2]. Road, path, route, course, track, TRAIL, street, highway, highroad, room for passing, opportunity to pass.[3]. Method, mode, manner, fashion, plan, wise, sort, degree.[4]. Space, distance.[5]. Custom, usage, habit, habitude, practice, wont, second nature.

整理:桑娅

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Form, fashion, practice, habit, method,[See STEADY]

乔恩錄入

解釋/意思:

n. passage: road: length of space: distance: direction: manner of life: condition state: advance in life: general manner of acting: means: manner: will: (naut.) progress or motion through the water headway.—v.i. (Spens.) to journey.—ns. Way′-bag′gage (U.S.) baggage to be laid down at a way-station; Way′-bill list of passengers and goods carried by a coach; Way′-board Weigh′-board a thin stratum or seam separating thicker strata; Way′bread the common plantain.—v.i. Way′fāre to travel on foot.—n. Way′fārer a traveller or passenger.—adj. Way′fāring travelling or passing.—n. Way′fāring-tree the Viburnum lantana a large shrub common in British hedges.—adjs. Way′-gō′ing departing; Way′gone exhausted by travelling.—v.t. Way′lay to lie in the way for: to watch or lie in ambush for.—n. Waylay′er.—adj. Way′less without a path.—ns. Way′-māk′er a pioneer path-finder; Way′-mark -post guide-post; Way′-pass′enger one taken up or set down by the way; Way′-side the side of a way path or highway.—adj. growing or lying near the way-side.—ns. Way′-slid′ing (rare) a wandering from the right way; Way′-stā′tion an intermediate station between principal stations on a railway; Way′-this′tle the Canada thistle; Way′-traff′ic local traffic as distinguished from through or express traffic; Way′-train (U.S.) a train stopping at most of the stations on a line.—adj. Way′ward froward: wilful: irregular.—n. Way′-war′den a keeper of roads.—adv. Way′wardly.—n. Way′wardness.—adj. Way′worn worn-out by travel.—n. Right′-of-way (see Right).—Way of the Cross a series of pictorial representations representing the stages of Christ's progress to Calvary: devotions used in connection with these stages; Ways and means resources: methods of raising money for the carrying on of government.—Be under way Have way (naut.) to be in progress as a vessel; By the way as we go on; By way of as for the purpose of: in character of; Come one's way to come in one's direction; Committee of ways and means the House of Commons in its capacity of raising the supplies; Give way (see Give); Go one's way (see Go); Go the way of all the earth to die; Have one's way to carry one's point or wish; In a small way on a petty scale; In the family way (see Family); In the way on the way: impeding obstructing; In the way of in a good position for effecting something: in respect of; Lead the way to act as a guide in any movement; Make one's way to push one's self forward; Make way to give room: to advance; On the way in progress; Out of the way so as not to hinder or obstruct: away from the ordinary course: unusual: (Shak.) lost hidden; Put one's self out of the way to give one's self trouble; Take one's way to set out: to follow one's own inclination or plan; The Way the Christian Religion (Acts ix. 2 &c.).

v.t. (Spens.) to weigh esteem.

錄入:库尔特