单词 | mile |
释义 | 🔑 mileBrE /maɪl/ NAmE /maɪl/ noun 🔑 [C ]a unit for measuring distance equal to 1 609 metres or 1 760 yards 英里(= 1 609 米或 1 760 码)◆ a 20 -mile drive to work 开车 20 英里去上班◆ an area of four square miles 四平方英里的面积◆ a mile -long procession 一英里长的游行队伍◆ The nearest bank is about half a mile down the road . 最近的银行沿着这条路要走半英里。◆ We did about 30 miles a day on our cycling trip . 我们骑车旅行,每天约骑 30 英里。◆ The car must have been doing at least 100 miles an hour . 这车速肯定每小时至少 100 英里。◆ (BrE ) My car does 35 miles to the gallon . 我的车一加仑油能跑 35 英里。◆ (NAmE ) My car gets 35 miles to the gallon . 我的车一加仑油能跑 35 英里。 ➡ see also Air Miles™, mph, nautical mile🔑 miles [pl. ]a large area or a long distance 大面积;长距离◆ miles and miles of desert 广阔无垠的沙漠◆ There isn't a house for miles around here . 附近数英里以内没有一座房子。◆ I'm not walking —it's miles away . 我不会走路去的,太远了。[C , usually pl. ](informal ) very much ; far 很多;远远地◆ I'm feeling miles better today , thanks . 多谢,我今天感觉好多了。◆ I'm miles behind with my work . 我的工作远远地落在了后面。◆ She's taller than you by a mile . 她比你高多了。the mile [sing. ]a race over one mile 一英里赛跑◆ He ran the mile in less than four minutes . 他用了不到四分钟就跑完一英里。◆ a four -minute mile 四分钟一英里赛跑 ● be ˈmiles away (informal ) to be thinking deeply about sth and not aware of what is happening around you 想出了神● go the ˌextra ˈmile (for sb /sth )to make a special effort to achieve sth , help sb , etc .孜孜以求;加倍努力;加把劲● ˌmiles from ˈanywhere (informal ) in a place that is a long way from a town and surrounded only by a lot of open country , sea , etc .在偏远的地方◆ We broke down miles from anywhere . 在一个偏远的地方,我们的车坏了。● run a ˈmile (from sb /sth )(informal ) to show that you are very frightened of doing sth 尽量避开● see , spot , tell , smell , etc . sth a ˈmile off (informal ) to see or realize sth very easily and quickly 轻而易举地看出(或意识到)◆ He's wearing a wig —you can see it a mile off . 他戴着假发,你一眼就能看出来。● stand /stick out a ˈmile to be very obvious or noticeable 显而易见● give sb an ˈinch (and they'll take a ˈmile /ˈyard )(saying ) used to say that if you allow some people a small amount of freedom or power they will see you as weak and try to take a lot more 得寸进尺● a ˌmiss is as ˌgood as a ˈmile (saying ) there is no real difference between only just failing in sth and failing in it badly because the result is still the same 错误再小也是错;功败垂成仍为败 |
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