单词 | mile |
释义 | mile 1.英里(长度单位, 合1,760码或1.60934公里) It's 15 miles from here to Hull.从这里到赫尔15英里。 They drove 600 miles across the desert.他们驱车600英里穿越了沙漠。 She lives just half a mile away.她就住在半英里外。 a 50-mile bike ride一段50英里的自行车行程 to be 10 miles long有10英里长 There's a lake up there, about ten miles long.北边有个湖, 长约10英里。 50 miles per hour or 50 miles an hour每小时50英里 The hurricane is moving to the west at about 18 miles per hour.飓风正以大约每小时18英里的速度向西推进。 2.【史】千步, 罗马英里(合1,620码) 3.=nautical mile 4.=Swedish mile 5.(race)一英里赛跑;一英里赛马 idiom ◆to go the extra mile (make effort)加倍努力;加把劲 The President is determined to go the extra mile for peace.总统决心为实现和平而加倍努力。 ◆to miss by a mileorto miss by miles<非正式>(miss target)远未击中;远未达到目的;差得很远 The punch missed by a mile and the bigger boy crashed another blow into Billy's unprotected face.这一拳根本没有打中, 于是那个大些的男孩又来了一拳, 狠狠打在比利毫无防护的脸上。 to miss sth by a mileorto miss sth by miles离…很远;远远没有达到…的目的 Yet this book misses the mark by a mile.可是这本书远远没有达到目的。 He fell down senseless, missing the bed by a mile.他在离床还很远的地方倒下了, 不省人事。 ◆to run a mile<非正式>(avoid situation)(因极度害怕或不愿面对)远远闪避, 跑得远远的 If anybody had told me when I first got married that I was going to have seven children, I would have run a mile.若是有人在我刚结婚时跟我说我会生7个孩子, 我一定会躲得远远的。 When I see needles I run a mile.我见到针头就会逃之夭夭。 ◆to spot sth/sb a mile offorto tell sth/sb a mile offorto see sth/sb a mile off<非正式>(see easily)轻易看出…;一眼认出… You can spot undercover cops a mile off.你一眼就可以认出便衣警察。 You can see a mile off that they're from America.你一眼就能看出他们是从美国来的。 ◆to stick out a mileorto stand out a mile<非正式>(be conspicuous)非常明显;显而易见;引人注目 How do you know he's Irish?—Sticks out a mile.你怎么知道他是爱尔兰人?——显而易见啦。 We stood out a mile on that first day at school.开学头一天我们就非常引人注目。 ◆to win by a mile<非正式>(win easily)以很大优势取胜;轻松获胜 With a Labour candidate in place they won by a mile.有一个工党的候选人坐镇, 他们轻松胜出。 |
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