distant
['dɪstənt]
a. 远, 疏远

[] 远期

1. He is a distant cousin of mine.
   位远房。
2. My company is five miles distant from my home.
   司距英里远。
3. She passed by with only a distant nod.
   她冷点头走去。

distant
[ adj ]

1. separated in space or coming from or going to a distance

<adj.all>
distant villages
the sound of distant traffic
a distant sound
a distant telephone call

2. far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship

<adj.all>
a distant cousin
a remote relative
a distant likeness
considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics

3. remote in manner

<adj.all>
stood apart with aloof dignity
a distant smile
he was upstage with strangers

4. separate or apart in time

<adj.all>
distant events
the remote past or future

5. located far away spatially

<adj.all>
distant lands
remote stars

Distant \Dis"tant\, a. [F., fr. L. distans, -antis, p. pr. of
distare to stand apart, be separate or distant; dis- + stare
to stand. See {Stand}.]
1. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance;
away.

One board had two tenons, equally distant. --Ex.
xxxvi. 22.

Diana's temple is not distant far. --Shak.

2. Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place,
time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times;
distant relatives.

The success of these distant enterprises.
--Prescott.

3. Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial;
somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner.

He passed me with a distant bow. --Goldsmith.

4. Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance.

Some distant knowledge. --Shak.

A distant glimpse. --W. Irving.

5. Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so
widely distant from Christianity.

Syn: Separate; far; remote; aloof; apart; asunder; slight;
faint; indirect; indistinct.