mile的中文

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mile
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◙ noun
1. (也作 statute mile)a unit of linear measure equal to 1,760 yards (approximately 1.609 kilometres)
• 英里（长度单位，等于1,760码，约合1.609公里）
  (historical)a Roman measure of 1,000 paces (approximately 1,620 yards)
• [史] 千步（古罗马长度，约合1,620码）
  [一般作 miles] [informal] a very long way or a very great amount
• [非正式] 很大距离（或量）
»vistas which stretch for miles.
  一望无际的景色。
  a race extending over a mile
• 1英里赛跑
◙ adverb
1. [as submodifier] (miles)[informal] by a great amount or a long way
• [非正式] 在很大程度上；以很大距离
»the second tape is miles better.
  第二盒磁带好多了。

【IDIOMS】

◘ be miles away
1. [informal] be lost in thought and so unaware of what is happening around one
• [非正式] 心不在焉；走神
◘ go the extra mile
1. be especially assiduous in one's attempt to achieve something
• 特别勤奋
◘ a mile a minute
1. [informal] very quickly
• [非正式] 很快，飞快
»he talks a mile a minute.
  他说话像连珠炮。
◘ the mile-high club
1. (humorous)used in reference to having sex on an aircraft
• [幽默] 高空俱乐部（指在飞机上做爱）
»she joined the mile-high club by making love on a flight between New York and LA.
  她在纽约飞往洛杉矶的航班上做爱，加入了高空俱乐部。
◘ miles from anywhere
1. [informal] in a very isolated place
• [非正式] 与世隔绝
◘ run a mile
1. [informal] used to show that one is frightened by or very unwilling to do something
• [非正式] （表示害怕或不愿做某事）赶快避开，飞快跑掉
»if someone proposed to me I'd probably run a mile.
  假如有人向我求婚，我可能会逃之夭夭的。
◘ see (或 tell, spot) something a mile off
1. [informal] recognize something very easily
• [非正式] 很容易辨认
»the baddies can be spotted a mile off.
  坏蛋很容易辨认。
◘ stand (或 stick) out a mile
1. [informal] be very obvious or incongruous
• [非正式] 显而易见，一目了然；格格不入

【语源】

1. Old English mīl, based on Latin mil(l)ia, plural of mille 'thousand' (the original Roman unit of distance was mille passus 'a thousand paces')