hailing distance

呼叫距离,呼唤距离,叫车距离,呼唤的距离

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : the distance within which the human voice can be heard: They sailed within hailing distance of the island.
- : a close distance; the reach of something or someone: Success is within hailing distance.

as inshouting distance

Their leader, Njie, still going by “Dave” during the operation, would stay a safe distance away until the State House was secure.
“The level of outside support… has not been sufficient enough for them to distance themselves from al Nusra,” Cafarella said.
The younger brother would try everything in his power from a distance to subdue the roaring flames of passion.
How much distance was there between the two men when Brown was shot?
I was in a long-distance relationship at the time with my high-school boyfriend.
Off went the officers again, some distance to the front, and then back again to their men, and got them on a little further.
Distance, the uncertain light, and imagination, magnified it to a high wall; high as the wall of China.
A lateen sail was visible in the direction of Cat Island, and others to the south seemed almost motionless in the far distance.
And the others, not knowing that he had that day repented, sat at their distance and tried to form no conclusion.
We see the whole land, even if but at a distance, instead of being limited merely to the spot where our foot treads.