kilometre

[US]/'kiləmi:tə(r)/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

English definition: n. En måleenhed svarende til 1000 meter, der bruges til at udtrykke afstande.
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

per kilometre

per kilometer

kilometre marker

kilometer markering

kilometre rate

kilometer sats

square kilometre

kvadratkilometer

Example Sentences

a kilometre and a half of bitumen.

en kilometer og en halv af bitumen.

The roads merge a kilometre ahead.

Vejene samles en kilometer forude.

It is ten kilometres to the station.

Der er ti kilometer til stationen.

there were only three people per kilometre squared.

Der var kun tre personer per kvadratkilometer.

The train makes 70 kilometres an hour.

Toget kører 70 kilometer i timen.

It's a good six kilometres away from our university.

Det er cirka seks kilometer væk fra vores universitet.

The car was cruising along at 100 kilometres an hour.

Bilen kørte afsted med 100 kilometer i timen.

The farther hill is five kilometres away.

Den længere bakke er fem kilometer væk.

My home is half a kilometre away from here.

Mit hjem er en halv kilometer væk herfra.

a shark can scent blood from well over half a kilometre away.

En haj kan lugte blod fra mere end en halv kilometer væk.

With only two kilometres to go, Max is still first.

Med kun to kilometer tilbage, er Max stadig først.

We hit the main road two kilometres further on.

Vi ramte hovedvejen to kilometer længere fremme.

Splashdown is expected 300 kilometres west of Valparai so.

Beredskabslandingen forventes 300 kilometer vest for Valparai, så.

they were stuck in the parched gramadoelas, kilometres from anywhere.

De var strandet i de tørre gramadoelas, kilometer væk fra hvor som helst.

The car drop ped its speed by five kilometres an hour.

Bilen reducerede hastigheden med fem kilometer i timen.

The key for the eighty-year-old professor to keep fit is to jog three kilometres every morning.

Nøglen for den 80-årige professor til at holde sig i form er at løbe tre kilometer hver morgen.

Real-world Examples

Every year, they travel up to 3,000 kilometres.

Hvert år rejser de op til 3.000 kilometer.

Source: BBC English Unlocked

They walk 20 kilometres a night to get here.

De går 20 kilometer hver nat for at komme herhen.

Source: New Standard High School English Compulsory Volume 5 by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press

Well, this run in the park is only five kilometres.

Nå, denne løbetur i parken er kun fem kilometer.

Source: BBC Authentic English

Maine has more than 5,600 kilometres of coast line.

Maine har mere end 5.600 kilometers kystlinje.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

I walked the twenty kilometres to the station in a day.

Jeg gik de tyve kilometer til stationen på en dag.

Source: Thirty-nine Steps (Difficulty Level 4)

The parklands have 3.2 kilometres of walking and running paths for Apple style.

Parkområderne har 3,2 kilometers gå- og løbestier til Apple-stil.

Source: Apple latest news

I then walk more than 3 kilometres to reach my work place.

Jeg går derefter mere end 3 kilometer for at nå mit arbejde.

Source: Global Slow English

We loaded our stuff onto a kayak and swam almost a kilometre around the cliffs.

Vi lastede vores ting på en kajak og svømmede næsten et kilometer rundt om klipperne.

Source: Oxford University: IELTS Foreign Teacher Course

In three days they went a hundred and eighty kilometres and reached the Five Fingers.

På tre dage tilbagelagde de hundrede og halvtreds kilometer og nåede til Five Fingers.

Source: The Call of the Wild (abridged version)

When I was young, I could run many kilometres and I would not feel tired.

Da jeg var ung, kunne jeg løbe mange kilometer, og jeg ville ikke føle mig træt.

Source: Yilin Edition Oxford High School English (Elective 6)

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