词汇 | as the crow flies |
释义 | Idiom as the crow flies Theme: DIRECTION - DISTANCE straight across land or water, as opposed to distances measured on a road, river, etc. (Folksy.)It's twenty miles to town on the highway, but only ten miles as the crow flies.Our house is only a few miles from the lake as the crow flies. Idiom as the crow flies if the distance between two places is measured as the crow flies, it is measured as a straight line between the two places.'How far is it from Cambridge to London?' 'About 50 miles as the crow flies.' as the crow fliesThe measurement of distance in a straight line. (From the notion that crows always fly in a straight line.) From here to the office, it's about 20 miles as the crow flies, but it's more like 30 miles by car since you have to wind around the mountain. as the crow fliesIn a straight line, by the shortest route, as in It's only a mile as the crow flies, but about three miles by this mountain road. This idiom is based on the fact that crows, very intelligent birds, fly straight to the nearest food supply. [Late 1700s] as the crow fliesIf one place is a particular distance from another as the crow flies, the two places are that distance apart if you measure them in a straight line. I live at Mesa, Washington, about 10 miles as the crow flies from Hanford. This mountainous area has always been remote, although it is not far from Tehran as the crow flies. Note: People used to think that crows always travelled to their destination by the most direct route possible. `Make a beeline' is based on a similar idea. as the crow fliesused to refer to a shorter distance in a straight line across country rather than the distance as measured along a more circuitous road.as the ˈcrow flies(informal) (of a distance) measured in a straight line: From here to the village it’s five miles as the crow flies, but it’s a lot further by road.as the crow flies In a straight line. as the crow fliesBy the most direct or shortest route. Since crows normally fly straight to their food supply, this simile came into use as the shortest distance between two points. It originated in the late eighteenth century or even earlier. |
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