| 释义 |
mile/mail/n. 1 (also 亦作 statute mile) a unit of linear measure equal to 1,760 yards (approx. 1.609 kilometres) 英里(长度测量单位，等于 1760 码，约等于 1.609 公里) 2 hist. a Roman measure of 1,000 paces (approx. 1,620 yards) [史义]古罗马英里(测 1,000 步，约合 1,620 码) 3 (in pl. 用复数) colloq. a great distance or amount [口]很大的距离(或量) miles better 好得多; beat them by miles 远远胜过他们 4 a race extending over a mile 一英里赛跑；一英里赛马 □ miles away colloq. lost in thought; preoccupied [口]心不在焉；心事重重 [Old English mīl, ultimately from Latin mil(l)ia, pl. of mille ‘thousand’ (see sense 2)] |