mile

noun

/maɪl/

Idioms

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[countable]
(abbreviation m)
(in Britain and North America) a unit for measuring distance equal to 1 609 metres or 1 760 yards
- a 20-mile drive to work
- an area of four square miles
- a mile-long procession
- The nearest bank is about half a mile down the road.
- The boys were left stranded two miles from home.
- He runs 10 miles every morning.
- We did about 30 miles a day on our cycling trip.
- The car must have been doing at least 100 miles an hour.
- (British English) My car does 35 miles to the gallon.
- (North American English) My car gets 35 miles to the gallon.
- (figurative) His thoughts were racing a mile a minute (= very fast).
see also Air Miles™, country mile, food mile, mph, nautical mile, sea mile
Extra Examples
- She drives about 50 miles a day.
- Most parents travel miles across London to reach the club.
- They live 40 miles from the nearest supermarket.
- She crossed hundreds of miles of frozen tundra on a dog sled.
- Fell-runners who are out to win can cover the three miles in just over 15 minutes.
- Good runners can cover the three miles in just over 15 minutes.
- She was talking a mile a minute.
- The country's Red Sea coast stretches some 500 miles.
- The police stopped them doing 100 miles per hour on the motorway.
Topics Maths and measurementa1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- nautical
- square
verb + mile
- cover
- cycle
- do
- …
phrases
- miles an hour
- miles per hour
- a mile a minute
- …
See full entry
[usually plural] a large area or a long distance
- miles and miles of desert
- There isn't a house for miles around here.
- I'm not walking—it's miles away.
- It was a wonderful journey through miles and miles of lush green jungle.
- (informal) She's taller than you by a mile.
the mile
[singular] a race over one mile
- He ran the mile in less than four minutes.
- a four-minute mile

Word OriginOld English mīl, based on Latin mil(l)ia, plural of mille ‘thousand’ (the original Roman unit of distance was mille passus ‘a thousand paces’).

Idioms

be miles away

(informal) to be thinking deeply about something and not aware of what is happening around you

give somebody an inch (and they’ll take a mile/yard)

(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

go the extra mile (for somebody/something)

to make a special effort to achieve something, help somebody, etc.
- a willingness to go the extra mile to make a project work

miles from anywhere

(informal) in a place that is a long way from a town and surrounded only by a lot of open country, sea, etc.
- We broke down miles from anywhere.

a miss is as good as a mile

(saying) there is no real difference between only just failing in something and failing in it badly because the result is still the sameTopics Difficulty and failurec2

run a mile (from somebody/something)

(informal) to show that you are very frightened of doing something

see, spot, tell, smell, etc. something a mile off

(informal) to see or realize something very easily and quickly
- He's wearing a wig—you can see it a mile off.
- After twenty years in the police she could smell a liar a mile off.

stand/stick out a mile

to be very obvious or easy to notice
- It stood out a mile that she was lying.

单词	mile
释义	mile noun /maɪl/ /maɪl/ Idioms jump to other results [countable] (abbreviation m) (in Britain and North America) a unit for measuring distance equal to 1 609 metres or 1 760 yards a 20-mile drive to work an area of four square miles a mile-long procession The nearest bank is about half a mile down the road. The boys were left stranded two miles from home. He runs 10 miles every morning. We did about 30 miles a day on our cycling trip. The car must have been doing at least 100 miles an hour. (British English) My car does 35 miles to the gallon. (North American English) My car gets 35 miles to the gallon. (figurative) His thoughts were racing a mile a minute (= very fast). see also Air Miles™, country mile, food mile, mph, nautical mile, sea mile Extra Examples She drives about 50 miles a day. Most parents travel miles across London to reach the club. They live 40 miles from the nearest supermarket. She crossed hundreds of miles of frozen tundra on a dog sled. Fell-runners who are out to win can cover the three miles in just over 15 minutes. Good runners can cover the three miles in just over 15 minutes. She was talking a mile a minute. The country's Red Sea coast stretches some 500 miles. The police stopped them doing 100 miles per hour on the motorway. Topics Maths and measurementa1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective nautical square verb + mile cover cycle do … phrases miles an hour miles per hour a mile a minute … See full entry [usually plural] a large area or a long distance miles and miles of desert There isn't a house for miles around here. I'm not walking—it's miles away. It was a wonderful journey through miles and miles of lush green jungle. (informal) She's taller than you by a mile. the mile [singular] a race over one mile He ran the mile in less than four minutes. a four-minute mile Word OriginOld English mīl, based on Latin mil(l)ia, plural of mille ‘thousand’ (the original Roman unit of distance was mille passus ‘a thousand paces’). Idioms be miles away (informal) to be thinking deeply about something and not aware of what is happening around you give somebody an inch (and they’ll take a mile/yard) (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 go the extra mile (for somebody/something) to make a special effort to achieve something, help somebody, etc. a willingness to go the extra mile to make a project work miles from anywhere (informal) in a place that is a long way from a town and surrounded only by a lot of open country, sea, etc. We broke down miles from anywhere. a miss is as good as a mile (saying) there is no real difference between only just failing in something and failing in it badly because the result is still the sameTopics Difficulty and failurec2 run a mile (from somebody/something) (informal) to show that you are very frightened of doing something see, spot, tell, smell, etc. something a mile off (informal) to see or realize something very easily and quickly He's wearing a wig—you can see it a mile off. After twenty years in the police she could smell a liar a mile off. stand/stick out a mile to be very obvious or easy to notice It stood out a mile that she was lying.
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