| 单词 | german mile |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGerman mile German mile n. now historical any of several measures of distance (typically between 4 and 5 English miles) used in German-speaking countries. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > mile > equivalent in non-English countries mile?a1425 German mile1550 1550 W. Lynne in tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles f. cclxxvij It rayned corne out of the element by the space of two houres, which rayne stretched in lenght .vi. Germayn myles, and in breedth halfe a Germayne myle in some places. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises ii. f. 51 4. Italian miles doe make but one Germaine mile. 1793 C. Lindsay Extracts Tempelhoffe's Hist. Seven Years War I. 70 Allow a German mile to be two thousand Rhineland rods in length; the square of that mile contains four millions. 1878 P. Lorimer tr. G. V. Lechler John Wiclif & His Eng. Precursors II. 340 The small town of Nimburg, which lies about ten German miles north-east of Prague. 1999 W. S. Brockington in Monro, his Exped. 399 Monro also cites sea distances as German miles, but the sea distances listed are probably leagues, which would be about three miles. < as lemmas |
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