distance

• n. 距離；遠い；疎遠；間隔
• vt. 距離を置く；遠く離れる

dis-、分離する、分散する。-Stはstandと語源的には同じである。

distance

distance: [13] Etymologically, things that are distant stand far apart from each other. The word comes via Old French from Latin distantia, an abstract noun formed from distāns, the present participle of distāre ‘be remote’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dis- ‘apart’ and stāre ‘stand’ (source of English state, station, statue, etc and related to English stand).
=> stand, state, station, statue

distance (n.)

late 13c., "quarrel, estrangement, discord, strife," from Old French destance (13c.), from Latin distantia "a standing apart," from distantem (nominative distans) "standing apart, separate, distant," present participle of distare "stand apart," from dis- "apart, off" (see dis-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand, set down, make or be firm" (see stet).

Meaning "remoteness, space between things or places" is late 14c. The figurative sense of "aloofness" is the same as in stand-offish. Phrase go the distance (1930s) seems to be originally from the prize ring, where the word meant "scheduled length of a bout."

distance (v.)

1570s (transitive); 1640s (intransitive), from distance (n.). Related: Distanced; distancing.

1. Jay had always tended to keep his girlfriends at a distance .

ジェイは一貫して彼女たちと距離を置いている。

2.He stares detachedly into the midddle distance ，towards nothing in particular.彼は漠然として目標もなく遠くを見つめていた。

3.By half distance we held a comfortable two-lap lead.

ハーフになると、私たちは簡単に2周リードします。

4.Even from a distance the effect of his fox costume was stunning.

遠くから見てもキツネの衣装は目を引く。

5.Kenya 's long distance runners have taken the athletics world by storm.

ケニアのランナーは陸上界で大成功を収めた。