One hour and seventeen minutes passed and we had not even covered half the distance.
1小时17分过去了，走了还不到一半路程。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 37 The Westhaven Express
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 距离，路程;远处;疏远;（时间的）间隔，长久;
vt. 把…远远甩在后面;疏远;与…保持距离;
💡 dist距离 + ance 表名词，状态、情况、性质、行为 → n.距离,间距;远处
"A peal of church bells rang out in the distance."
远处响起了一阵教堂的钟声。
近义：isolation, separation, estrangement, aloofness, distantial, separate
反义：approximate, abut, immediacy, nearness, neighborhood, neighbourhood
n. 小时，钟头;时间，时刻;固定时间;课时;
"The traffic in the city is chaotic in the rush hour."
在上下班高峰时间，城市的交通混乱不堪。
近义：time, date
covered
[[kʌvəd]]
a. 隐蔽着的, 掩藏着的, 有屋顶的\\n[建] 涂抹了的, 覆盖了的, 掩盖了的
近义：lined, coated, hidden, protected, sheltered, wrapped
反义：open, unclosed, ajar
adj. 一半的，半个的;
n. 半;一半;（啤酒等饮料的）半品脱;（比赛、音乐会等的）半场;
adv. 一半;部份地;
"He has sunk half his fortune into a new business undertaking."
他已把一半财产投资于一个新企业.
近义：mid, midway, partially, semi
反义：absolutely, off, outright, perfectly, plumb, positively
n. 十七（个）;十七;
adj. 十七岁的;十七的;十七个的;
num. 十七;
"At the tender age of seventeen I left home."
早在十七岁的小小年纪,我就离开了家.