| 词汇 | mile |
| 释义 | mileWord family nounmilagemilermileometermilepostmileadverbmiles Measurement mile /maɪl/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countableC] 1 (written abbreviation m)TM a unit for measuring distance, equal to 1,760 yards or about 1,609 metres 英里〔距离的计量单位，等于1,760码或约1,609米〕 It’s forty miles from here to the Polish border. 从这里到波兰边界有40英里。 an area 50 miles wide and 150 miles long 一片50英里宽、150英里长的地区 We walked about half a mile. 我们大约走了半英里。 He was driving at 70 miles per hour. 他正以每小时70英里的速度驾车行驶。 2 the mile DSOa race that is a mile in length 一英里赛跑 the first man to run the mile in under four minutes 第一个四分钟内跑完一英里的人 Examples from the Corpus the mile• He's the world record holder in the mile. 3 miles informalFAR a very long distance 很长的距离 miles from We were miles from home, and very tired. 我们离家很远，而且非常疲倦。 miles away You can’t go to Portsmouth, it’s miles away. 你不能去朴次茅斯，那地方太远了。 for miles You can see for miles from here. 从这里能看得很远。 They lived in a little cottage miles from anywhere (=a long way from the nearest town). 他们住在很偏僻的一间小屋里。 Examples from the Corpus miles from anywhere• It is 50 miles from anywhere.• She pulled up in a fair-sized stableyard attached to a farm which appeared to be miles from anywhere.• If I were out in the country, miles from anywhere, this obsession might be understandable.• Especially if you come upon one at night, all lit up, eating away under banks of lights miles from anywhere.• Soon, she would be left in the darkness, in the middle of an ocean, thousands of miles from anywhere.• We're miles from anywhere else.• We were still out in empty space miles from anywhere. 4 go the extra mile TRY TO DO OR GET somethingto try a little harder in order to achieve something, after you have already used a lot of effort 再加把劲〔以完成某事〕 The president expressed his determination to go the extra mile for peace. 总统表达了要为和平再接再厉的决心。 Examples from the Corpus go the extra mile• And it diminishes the employees' desire to go the extra mile when supervisors need them to.• The President vowed to go the extra mile for peace in the region.• All this when her only motivation was to go the extra mile under all circumstances. 5 stick out/stand out a mile informalOBVIOUS to be very easy to see or notice 显而易见，一目了然 It sticks out a mile that you’re new here. 一看就知道你是新来的。 6 can see/spot/tell something a mile off informal if you can see something a mile off, it is very easy to notice 能轻而易举地看出某事物，一眼就能看出某事物 You can tell a mile off that he likes you. 一眼就能看出来他喜欢你。 Examples from the Corpus can see/spot/tell something a mile off• He's a hawkeye, and can spot one a mile off, like that faraway kestrel.• Our sportsdesk can spot from a mile off a person who can not tell an in-swinger from a bouncer.• But I think he's lovely, and you can tell a mile off that he likes you. 7 be miles away spokenATTENTION to not be paying attention to anything that is happening around you 心不在焉，走神 ‘Kate!’ ‘Sorry, I was miles away!’ “凯特！”“对不起，我走神了！” Examples from the Corpus be miles away• I don't mean to disturb you, you looked miles away -- but there's a call for you.• Given that the factory producing the chocolate is miles away, the resulting confections are really quite good.• Sorry, I was miles away. What did you say?• I was miles away from the possibility of victory tonight.• First, the man was miles away in London.• Her mind was miles away, focused on imaginary scenarios being played out between Piers and Nicole.• Whoever it was must be miles away by now.• Their great protector was miles away, engrossed in Parcheesi.• For a moment there you seemed to be miles away.• That was the image that occurred to me, but by the time I thought of it we were miles away. 8 miles older/better/too difficult etc British EnglishBrE informalVERY very much older, better, too difficult etc 老很多/好得多/实在太难等 SYN loads The second film’s miles better. 第二部电影要好得多。 9 by a mile informal by a very large amount 远远〔超越、胜过等〕 He was the best player on the pitch by a mile. 他绝对是场上最棒的球员。 Examples from the Corpus by a mile• It's the best by miles.• Whoever planted that tree beat Mr Buddy by a mile.• But the service is not yet good enough by a mile.• They're the favourites by a mile.• At the rate he was going we were going to miss it by a mile.• And yet Simeon flunked virtually every exam, often by a mile.• Some writers have suggested that this will replace browsing, but they miss the point by a mile.• I hope you pay heed, you're still my favourite tome by miles ... for now. 10. miles out British EnglishBrE informalWRONG/INCORRECT a measurement, guess, or calculation that is miles out is completely wrong 〔测量、猜测或计算〕差远了，全错了 Examples from the Corpus miles out• We were five miles out of Sabinal in the cotton fields and grape vineyards.• Four miles out, turn left down a track.• Spurn is a long thin peninsula, jutting three-and-a-half miles out from the North Humberside mainland.• The islands in the channel looked grim and deserted, twenty-six miles out.• Terry and Ian Whelan were six miles out to sea off Southport's coast when they dropped the compass.• We lost the last of the press about thirty miles out of the city.• Three miles out from Scheffau is the beautiful Hintersteinersee lake, where you can swim, picnic or just enjoy the scenery.• Once, when dusk caught us miles out in the country, an old couple took us in for the night. 11. join the mile high club informal to have sex in a plane 在飞机上性交 → nautical mile, → run a mile at run1(38)Examples from the Corpus mile• The main obstacle was the steep Crooksbury Hill after 19 miles, with the Punchbowl being a descent.• Edgcote House, situated about 8 miles northwest of Brackley, was a somewhat larger house than Weston Hall.• Dane's father lives about a mile from here.• The gas was piped over a quarter of a mile to the Hall and stables.• Eighteen miles is not far at all, she says.• Huge jams built up behind the 74-year-old pensioner as he crawled for five miles along the inside lane of the dual-carriageway A1.• Mark jogs as least five miles a day.• The first goal he scored in the famous Burnley game was really something special, he lobs the goalie from miles out.• Maybe you have to throw a coat over your nightie and pick them up from miles away in the car.• The car gets about thirty miles to the gallon.• Now his voice was coming over five thousand miles of air and five hundred years of diverse progress. miles per hour• At least 20 others were run aground, driven into sand bars by huge waves and winds topping 100 miles per hour.• Average speed 111 miles per hour.• Competing vehicles have to cover a ten-mile course carrying a driver at a speed of at least 15 miles per hour.• He estimated that the car must have been doing at least 18 miles per hour on the curve where it overturned.• We can accelerate up to 20 miles per hour up a hill.• After reaching speeds of 200 miles per hour enroute, you arrive at the barber shop.• The hydrogen molecule, H2, which is the smallest of all molecules travels at approximately 4300 miles per hour at 25°C.• The speed limit is 65 miles per hour.• Boost is engine manifold pressure, a key ingredient in the maintenance of horsepower and ultimately, miles per hour. From Longman Business Dictionary milemile /maɪl/ written abbreviation m noun [countableC] (also geographical mile) a unit for measuring distance or length, equal to 5,280 feet or 1,609 metres → nautical mileOld English mil, from Latin milia passum “thousands of paces” |
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