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单词 mile-a-minute
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Definition of mile-a-minute in English:

mile-a-minute

adjective ˌmʌɪləˈmɪnɪt
  • 1Travelling at a rate of a mile a minute; (figurative) extremely rapid.

  • 2Designating any of several rapidly climbing plants, especially (usually in "mile-a-minute vine" or "mile-a-minute plant") the Russian vine, Fallopia baldschuanica, or the kudzu vine, Pueraria thunbergiana.

noun ˌmʌɪləˈmɪnɪt
  • A rapidly growing climber; a mile-a-minute plant.

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. From a mile a minute.

Definition of mile-a-minute in US English:

mile-a-minute

adjectiveˌmʌɪləˈmɪnɪt
  • 1Travelling at a rate of a mile a minute; (figurative) extremely rapid.

  • 2Designating any of several rapidly climbing plants, especially (usually in "mile-a-minute vine" or "mile-a-minute plant") the Russian vine, Fallopia baldschuanica, or the kudzu vine, Pueraria thunbergiana.

nounˌmʌɪləˈmɪnɪt
  • A rapidly growing climber; a mile-a-minute plant.

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. From a mile a minute.

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