mile

[US]/maɪl/
[UK]/maɪl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 英里;一英里赛跑;较大的距离
Word Forms
复数miles

Phrases & Collocations

mile marker

英里标志

milestone

里程碑

mileage

里程

milepost

英里路标

miles away

相隔千里,千里之外;心不在焉

run a mile

避而远之

last mile

(死刑犯从牢房走到刑场的)最后路程

sea mile

海里

a mile off

◎在1英里以外;◎[俚语]很容易地看出(或嗅出);◎[口语]远距离之外一目了然地,老远就很容易看见地;

per mile

每千

three mile island

三里岛(美国宾夕法尼亚州米德尔敦附近一岛,该地核电站曾发生灾难性事故)

golden mile

黄金地带

nautical mile

n. 海里(合1.852公里)

Example Sentences

mile after mile of primeval forest.

连绵几英里的原始森林。

a mile east of here.

从这里向东一英里

It is a good mile from here.

离这里恰好一英里

a 20-mile dash to the airport.

飞驰了20英里到机场。

an 11-mile deflection of the river.

河流偏离11英里。

the thirty-mile haul to Tamanrasset.

到塔曼拉塞特的30英里路程。

a mile off Sandy Hook.

距桑迪胡克一英里

can stink it a mile off

一英里之外也能闻到这股臭味

the winner of the mile run.

英里赛跑冠军

do a mile in four minutes.

四分钟走完一英里

a three-mile crescent of golden sand.

三英里的新月形金色沙滩。

the town lay half a mile distant.

该镇位于半英里外。

a pond two miles around.

一个方圆两英里的池塘

it was two miles to the island.

距离小岛有两英里远。

the second tape is miles better.

第二盒磁带好多了。

he talks a mile a minute.

他说话像连珠炮。

not a million miles away.

不到100万英里以外。

six miles off Dunkirk.

在离敦克尔克六英里之处。

Real-world Examples

To go the extra mile means to make a special effort at something.

“go the extra mile”的意思是你在某件事上特别努力。

Source: VOA One Minute English

But this month you drove 400 miles.

但这个月你恰好驾驶了400英里。

Source: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

But all I could see were miles and miles of ocean.

但我看到的只有数英里的海洋。

Source: Theatrical play: Gulliver's Travels

Most people at your company drive about 300 miles each month.

你们公司大多数人每月大约驾驶300英里。

Source: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

We had about 15 miles to the source.

我们有大约15英里的路程。

Source: CNN 10 Student English May/June 2018 Compilation

They walked 20 miles during their mission.

他们在进行这项挑战时步行距离达20英里。

Source: CNN 10 Student English September 2022 Collection

That's 20 miles between Mount Hope and Mount Kiffin.

霍普山与凯芙琳山间隔20英里。

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) April 2014 Collection

It covers over 2 million square miles.

它占地超过200万平方英里。

Source: National Geographic (Children's Section)

These can go seven miles an hour.

这些能以每小时 7 英里的速度行驶。

Source: Connection Magazine

'She lives at Gateshead, sir, a hundred miles away.

“先生,她住在100英里以外的盖茨赫德。

Source: Jane Eyre (Abridged Version)

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