资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Further \Fur"ther\, adv. [A comparative of forth; OE. further,
   forther, AS. fur?or, far?ur; akin to G. f["u]rder. See
   {Forth}, adv.]
   To a greater distance; in addition; moreover. See {Farther}.

         Carries us, I know not how much further, into familiar
         company.                                 --M. Arnold.

         They sdvanced us far as Eleusis and Thria; but no
         further.                                 --Jowett
                                                  (Thucyd. ).

   {Further off}, not so near; apart by a greater distance.