Word · Frequency #25724
yonder
那边的；远处的
distant but within sight
多用于文学或方言，指在视线内但较远。
- 1.
distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)
遥远但在视线范围内(“yon”是方言)
遥远但在视线范围内(“yon”是方言)；那边的
In use
Yonder cottage is the one my grandmother was born in.
I can see smoke rising from yonder chimney.
We climbed yonder hill to watch the sunset.
yonder valley
the hills yonder
yonder + noun
作形容词时，yonder 表示“那边的”，用于修饰可见的远处事物，带有书面或方言色彩。
Look at yonder mountain.
看那边的山。
be + yonder
作副词时，yonder 表示“在那边”，相当于 over there，常与 be 或方位动词连用。
The village is yonder.
村庄在那边。
Yonder + be + noun
作代词时，yonder 指“那边的人或事物”，常用作句子的主语。
Yonder is the river.
那边就是那条河。
Common mistakes
The school is yonder the river.The school is beyond the river.
yonder 在词典中是形容词、副词或代词，不是介词，不能像 beyond 那样接名词 the river 来表示“在……的那一边”。
Let's go to yonder.Let's go over there.
yonder 作副词时本身已包含“在那边/往那边”的方位含义，不能再作介词 to 的宾语；现代英语中表示“去那边”应说 go over there。
Connections
Collocations
- over yonder
- 在那边（远处）
- The old barn is over yonder, just beyond those trees.那座旧谷仓就在那边，就在那些树的后面。
- yonder mountain
- 远处的山
- We watched the sun set behind yonder mountain.我们看着太阳落在远处那座山后面。
- from here to yonder
- 从这儿到那儿；到处
- The children were running from here to yonder in the field.孩子们在田野里从这头跑到那头。
Idioms & figurative uses
- the wild blue yonder
- 遥远的天际；蓝天The pilot stared out at the wild blue yonder.飞行员凝视着遥远的蓝天。
- hither and yonder
- 到处；四面八方The children ran hither and yonder.孩子们到处跑来跑去。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
yonder 音似“远的”，指远处但看得见的那边。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：诗歌及文学作品、方言口语（如美国南部英语） 该词在现代英语中通常不用于日常中性语境，多出现在诗歌、文学或某些方言口语中，带有古雅或乡土色彩。想表达“那边的、在那边”时，用更常见的说法会更自然。
Pronunciation & Spelling
In American English, yonder rhymes with wander (/ˈwɑndɚ/) and squander (/ˈskwɑndɚ/). Lookalikes that do NOT rhyme: wonder (/ˈwʌndɚ/), thunder (/ˈθʌndɚ/), under (/ˈʌndɚ/), tender (/ˈtɛndɚ/).
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.