[请益] 本句a little ways 是什么意思?

楼主: tucson (tucson)   2014-06-14 23:00:39
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Then, when I thought she was going to ask me
how the accident happened, she said, "Can I have your cherry pie?"
I was not that hungry, so I let her have it.
I watched the stream of people going down Broadway Avenue, and thought about
John's house, only a little ways uptown from where we were.
I hadn't seen him since the accident.
请问 a little ways uptown from .....
a little ways是啥意思?
会是some roads 几条路的意思吗?
如果是的话 怎会用a little + 复数可数名词?
这会是a little的新用法吗?
还是说a little ways 有其他特别的意思?
作者: YJC777 (Cameron)   2014-06-16 05:37:00
这叫美语 听的懂就好 , 你注重文法 那叫英语
作者: BrettL (林熙 Brett)   2014-06-16 06:08:00
It's a colloquium (口语话) for "a shirt distance"Oops, it should read "short"

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