mile
mile
noun
be miles away
noun
- (亦作 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
- [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。
be miles away
- (informal)be lost in thought and so unaware of what is happening around one
(非正式)心不在焉；走神
- be especially assiduous in one's attempt to achieve something
特别勤奋
- (informal)very quickly
(非正式)很快，飞快
he talks a mile a minute.
他说话像连珠炮。
- (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。
- (informal)in a very isolated place
(非正式)与世隔绝
- (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。
- (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。
- (informal)be very obvious or incongruous
(非正式)显而易见，一目了然；格格不入
- 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')
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