a‧way 1 S1 W1 / əweɪ / 副词
1 used to say that someone leaves a place or person, or stays some distance from a place or person :
Go away!
Dinah was crying as she drove slowly away.
away from
Stay away from the fire.
2 towards a different direction :
She turned away and stared out of the window.
Charley blushed and looked away, embarrassed.
3 if someone is away from school, work, or home, they are not there 同义词 absent :
Simon is away with flu.
Kate is away on holiday.
away from
You must bring a note from your parents if you’ve been away from school.
4 used to say how far it is to a place or thing
five miles/ten feet etc away
Geneva is about 20 miles away.
There’s another hotel not far away.
away from
She was sitting ten feet away from the microphone.
five minutes/two hours etc away
The beach is only five minutes away (= it only takes five minutes to get there ) .
5 if an event is two days, three weeks etc away, it will happen after that period of time has passed :
Christmas is only a month away.
6 used to say how close someone is to achieving something or experiencing something
away from
At one stage, they were just two points away from victory.
7 into or in a safe or enclosed place :
Put your money away, I’m paying.
Thousands of archaeological treasures are being kept hidden away.
8 used to show that something disappears or is removed :
The music died away.
Ruben gave all his money away to charity.
Support for the Democrats has dropped away.
Cut away all the dead wood.
9 used to emphasize that an action continues :
Sue was singing away to herself in the bath.
They’ve been hammering away all day.
10 used to say that someone spends the whole of a period of time doing something :
You can dance the night away in one of Benidorm’s many discos.
11 if a team is playing away, it is playing a game at its opponent’s field or sports hall 反义词 at home :
Liverpool are playing away at Everton on Saturday.
→ far and away at far 1 ( 12 ) , → right away at right 3 ( 2 ) , → straight away at straight 1 ( 7 )