名词
1. 英里(等于1,760 码或约等于
1. 6公里)
A mile is a unit of distance equal to 1,760 yards or approximately
1. 6 kilometres.
2. 很长的路程;长距离
Miles is used, especially in the expression miles away, to refer to a long distance.
3. 很大的程度(强调区别或目标与现实的差距)
Miles or a mile is used with the meaning 'very much' in order to emphasize the difference between two things or qualities, or the difference between what you aimed to do and what you actually achieved.
4. 思想不集中;开小差;走神
If you say that someone is miles away, you mean that they are unaware of what is happening around them because they are thinking about something else.
5. 加倍努力;加把劲
If you say that someone is willing to go the extra mile, you mean that they are willing to make a special effort to do or achieve something.
6. 打老远,一眼(认出)
If you say that you can see or recognize something a mile off, you are emphasizing that it is very obvious and easy to recognize.
7. (因极度害怕或不愿面对)避而远之,跑得远远的
If you say that someone would run a mile when faced with a particular situation, you mean that they would be very frightened or unwilling to deal with it.
8. 显而易见;很明显
If you say that something or someone sticks out a mile or stands out a mile, you are emphasizing that they are very obvious and easy to recognize.
1. a footrace extending one mile
e.g. he holds the record in the mile
2. a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet
exactly
1609. 344 meters
Synonym: statute milestat miland mileinternational milemi
3. a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
Synonym: milSwedish mile
4. an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
Synonym: Roman mile
5. a unit of length used in navigation
exactly 1,852 meters
historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
Synonym: nautical mileminaut miknotinternational nautical mileair mile
6. a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,
853. 184 meters)
800 feet longer than a statute mile
Synonym: nautical milenaut mimigeographical mileAdmiralty mile
7. a former British unit of length once used in navigation
equivalent to 6,000 feet (
1828. 8 meters)
Synonym: sea mile
8. a large distance
e.g. he missed by a mile