| 单词 | mile |
| 释义 | mile (maɪl ) Word forms: miles 1. countable noun [num NOUN] B1 A mile is a unit of distance equal to 1760 yards or approximately 1.6 kilometres. They drove 600 miles across the desert. The hurricane is moving to the west at about 18 miles per hour. She lives just half a mile away. There's a lake up there, about ten miles long. ...a 50-mile bike ride. 2. plural noun Miles is used, especially in the expression miles away, to refer to a long distance. If you enrol at a gym that's miles away, you won't be visiting it as often as you should. I was miles and miles from anywhere. 'Shall I come to see you?'—'Are you kidding? It's miles.' 3. countable noun [usually plural] Miles or a mile is used with the meaning 'very much' in order to emphasize the difference between two things or qualities, or the difference between what you aimed to do and what you actually achieved. [informal, emphasis] You're miles better than most of the performers we see nowadays. With a Labour candidate in place they won by a mile. The rehearsals were miles too slow and no work was getting done. 4. miles away phrase If you say that someone is miles away, you mean that they are unaware of what is happening around them because they are thinking about something else. [informal] What were you thinking about? You were miles away. 5. to go the extra mile phrase If you say that someone is willing to go the extra mile, you mean that they are willing to make a special effort to do or achieve something. The President is determined 'to go the extra mile for peace'. 6. a mile off phrase If you say that you can see or recognize something a mile off, you are emphasizing that it is very obvious and easy to recognize. [informal, emphasis] You can spot undercover cops a mile off. 7. run a mile phrase If you say that someone would run a mile when faced with a particular situation, you mean that they would be very frightened or unwilling to deal with it. [informal] If anybody had told me that I was going to have seven children, I would have run a mile. I'm very squeamish and when I see needles I run a mile. 8. to stick out a mile phrase If you say that something or someone sticks out a mile or stands out a mile, you are emphasizing that they are very obvious and easy to recognize. [informal, emphasis] 'How do you know he's Irish?'—'Sticks out a mile.' We stood out a mile on that first day at school. Idioms: give someone an inch and they'll take a mile said to mean that if you do a small favour for someone, they will become greedy and ask you to do bigger and bigger favours for them and make you regret doing the first favour Be tough and uncompromising – if you give colleagues an inch, they will take a mile. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers go the extra mile to be willing to make a special effort to do or achieve something I discovered that going the extra mile has always been the hallmark of successful people. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a mile off if you say that you can spot something or someone a mile off, you mean they are very obvious and easy to recognize You can spot undercover cops a mile off. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers run a mile [mainly British] to escape as quickly as possible He likes the ladies but he'd run a mile if one chased him. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 英里 Japanese: マイル |
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