(亦作statute mile)
1- 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）。
1.1
- 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）。
1.2
- （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。
1.3
- a race extending over a mile一英里赛跑。
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。
短语
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。
go the extra mile
- be especially assiduous in one's attempt to achieve something特别勤奋。
a mile a minute
- 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
- 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
- informal in a very isolated place〈非正式〉与世隔绝。
run a mile
- 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
- 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
- informal be very obvious or incongruous〈非正式〉显而易见, 一目了然; 格格不入。
词源
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'）.