英语词汇“to run a mile”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

n. to run a mile: to seek safety in flight; to evade or shrink from something through fear, reluctance, etc.

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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid

avoid1577

to shy out of1792

to fight shy1821

to run a mile1835

1835 ‘Lord Winchester’ Memorandums of my Mayoralty ix. 46 I am one of those who, in the words of the old Maxim, would ‘sooner run a mile than fight a minute’.

1844 C. J. Lever Arthur O'Leary II. xix. 306 The name of Charlemagne gives me the lumbago, and I'd run a mile from a conversation about Charles the Bold, or Philip van Artevelde.

1895 ‘H. Mathers’ Lovely Malincourt i. 6 [They] cannot bear to talk about it, and will run a mile rather than hear their brave deeds openly mentioned.

1920 M. R. Rinehart Poor Wise Man 102 Lou'd run a mile if he thought any girl wanted to marry him.

1969 H. E. Bates Vanished World x. 98 I run a mile from intellectual swank words such as ‘esoteric’ and ‘proliferate’.

2004 Independent 31 July (Review section) 7/1 If I'm invited to admire a badge collection, my immediate reaction is to run a mile.

单词	to run a mile
释义	> as lemmas to run a mile n. to run a mile: to seek safety in flight; to evade or shrink from something through fear, reluctance, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid avoid1577 to shy out of1792 to fight shy1821 to run a mile1835 1835 ‘Lord Winchester’ Memorandums of my Mayoralty ix. 46 I am one of those who, in the words of the old Maxim, would ‘sooner run a mile than fight a minute’. 1844 C. J. Lever Arthur O'Leary II. xix. 306 The name of Charlemagne gives me the lumbago, and I'd run a mile from a conversation about Charles the Bold, or Philip van Artevelde. 1895 ‘H. Mathers’ Lovely Malincourt i. 6 [They] cannot bear to talk about it, and will run a mile rather than hear their brave deeds openly mentioned. 1920 M. R. Rinehart Poor Wise Man 102 Lou'd run a mile if he thought any girl wanted to marry him. 1969 H. E. Bates Vanished World x. 98 I run a mile from intellectual swank words such as ‘esoteric’ and ‘proliferate’. 2004 Independent 31 July (Review section) 7/1 If I'm invited to admire a badge collection, my immediate reaction is to run a mile. extracted from runv. < as lemmas
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