| 单词 | mile |
| 释义 | mile (once / 26 pages) n WORD FAMILY mile: miler, miles+/miler: milers USAGE EXAMPLESNot a fancy car, mind you—a fifteen-year old Civic with 170,000 miles on it—but a car nonetheless. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) Tuseth’s car was found in downtown Mankato, miles from the motel. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) So far, the technology is being built into just a few miles of highway in a handful of states, even as smartcars hit the roads. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) 1n a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters Syn|Hyper international mile, land mile, mi, stat mi, statute mile linear measure, linear unit a unit of measurement of length 2n a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile Syn|Hyper Admiralty mile, geographical mile, mi, naut mi, nautical mile nautical linear unit a linear unit of distance used in navigation 3n a footrace extending one mile he holds the record in the mile Hyper track event a footrace performed on a track (indoor or outdoor) 4n a large distance he missed by a mile Hyper large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude 5n a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude Syn|Hyper air mile, international nautical mile, knot, mi, naut mi, nautical mile nautical linear unit a linear unit of distance used in navigation 6n a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters) Syn|Hyper sea mile nautical linear unit a linear unit of distance used in navigation 7n a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km Syn|Hyper Swedish mile, mil linear measure, linear unit a unit of measurement of length 8n an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards Syn|Hyper Roman mile linear measure, linear unit a unit of measurement of length |
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