1.笔直
1.in a straight line
1.A useful website (better than Google maps, I think) can help you chart as-the-crow-flies distances across the globe: Gmaps Pedometer.
GmapsPedometer是一个很有用的网站（我认为比谷歌好），它能帮助你记录穿过地球的直线距离。
2.Zoologists now believe the phrase "as the crow flies" no longer means the shortest most direct route between two points.
动物学家现在认为“asthecrowflies”（笔直地）这个短语不再表示两点之间最短、最直接的路线。
3.Naderi's gold mine, in Baghlan province, is only 50 miles from Kabul as the crow flies.
那德里的金矿位于巴格兰省，离开首都喀布尔的直线距离仅仅50英里。
4.I set up my new life in a 300 square-foot studio apartment 14 miles from Walden Pond as the crow flies.
群鸦乱舞，在离瓦尔登湖14英里的一间300平方英尺的公寓里，我开始了自己新的生活。
5.The villages are no more than a mile apart as the crow flies.
这些村庄直线距离相隔不超过一英里。
6.We're twenty kilometres from town as the crow flies, but nearly thirty by road.
我们离城的直线距离为二十公里，但路程有三十公里。
7.The two villages are no more a mile apart as the crow flies.
这两个村子直线距离不超过一英里。
8.We are ten miles from the town as the crow flies.
假如像乌鸦那样飞，我们离城里只是有十英里了。
9.The station is five miles away by road but only three as the crow flies.
去火车站走公路要走5英里，但直线的距离只有3英里。
10.About 20 miles as the crow flies, I guess.
我猜直线距离要20英里左右吧。