英语词汇“milestone”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

milestone

释义

mile /mīl/

noun

(also called statute mile) a unit of linear measure, 1760yd or 5280ft (1.61km)
A race of this distance
Orig, a Roman unit of length, 1000 (double) paces (mīlle passūs or passuum; about 1611 English yards)
(often in pl) a great distance or length (informal)

ORIGIN: OE mīl, from L mīlia, pl of mīlle (passuum) a thousand (paces)

mīlˈage or mileˈage noun

mīˈler noun

A runner of a mile race

miles adverb

mileˈ-castle noun

Any of a series of small forts placed at mile intervals along a Roman wall

mile-high club noun (slang)

The set of people who have had sexual intercourse aboard an aeroplane in flight

mileomˈeter or mīlomˈeter noun

An instrument that records the number of miles that a vehicle, etc has travelled

mileˈpost or mileˈstone noun

a mile a minute

Uttering one's words with great speed

geographical mile

One minute of longitude measured along the equator, a distance of 6087.025ft (1.855km)

go the extra mile

To do more than what is expected or required (from Bible, Matthew 5.41)

Irish mile (obsolete)

2240 yards

nautical mile

One minute of latitude measured along a meridian, a distance of 6082.66ft
Formerly in British practice, 6080ft (1.8532km) (also called Admiralty measured mile)
In official international use, 6076.1033ft (1.852km) (also called international nautical mile)

run a mile

To be too scared or intimidated to do something

Scots mile (obsolete)

About 1976 yards

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