| 单词 | roman mile |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRoman mile Roman mile n. now historical the Roman unit of distance of 1000 paces, reckoned to have been about 1618 yards (approx. 1479 m); cf. mile n.1 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > stadium (ancient Greek or Roman unit) > ancient Roman units mileeOE actusa1398 Roman foot1538 Roman mile1627 sextula1656 1627 G. Hakewill Apologie iii. iv. 182 That the Romane mile came short of ours, appeares by the great stones set vp at every miles end in the Appian way. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. iii. 60 The great chain of communication, from the north-west to the south-east point of the empire, was drawn out to the length of four thousand and eighty Roman miles. 1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 210/1 Taking the Roman foot at 11.62 English inches, the original Roman mile was therefore 1614 yards. 2008 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 7 Aug. (Editorial section) 21 It took an act of Elizabeth I's parliament in 1592 to turn the simple beauty of a Roman mile into the 5,280-foot mile we know today. < as lemmas |
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