mile

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

Translation

n. 英里;一英里賽跑;較大的距離
Word Forms
複數miles

Phrases & Collocations

mile marker

英里標誌

milestone

里程碑

mileage

里程

milepost

英里路標

miles away

相隔千里,千里之外;心不在焉

run a mile

避而遠之

last mile

(死刑犯從牢房走到刑場的)最後路程

sea mile

海里

a mile off

◎在1英里以外;◎[俚語]很容易地看出(或嗅出);◎[口語]遠距離之外一目瞭然地,老遠就很容易看見地;

per mile

每千

three mile island

三里島(美國賓夕法尼亞州米德爾敦附近一島,該地核電站曾發生災難性事故)

golden mile

黃金地帶

nautical mile

n. 海里(合1.852公里)

Example Sentences

mile after mile of primeval forest.

連綿幾英里的原始森林。

a mile east of here.

從這裏向東一英里

It is a good mile from here.

離這裏恰好一英里

a 20-mile dash to the airport.

飛馳了20英里到機場。

an 11-mile deflection of the river.

河流偏離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

一英里之外也能聞到這股臭味

the winner of the mile run.

英里賽跑冠軍

do a mile in four minutes.

四分鐘走完一英里

a three-mile crescent of golden sand.

三英里的新月形金色沙灘。

the town lay half a mile distant.

該鎮位於半英里外。

a pond two miles around.

一個方圓兩英里的池塘

it was two miles to the island.

距離小島有兩英里遠。

the second tape is miles better.

第二盒磁帶好多了。

he talks a mile a minute.

他說話像連珠炮。

not a million miles away.

不到100萬英里以外。

six miles off Dunkirk.

在離敦克爾克六英里之處。

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別努力。

Source: VOA One Minute English

But this month you drove 400 miles.

但這個月你恰好駕駛了400英里。

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

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

但我看到的只有數英里的海洋。

Source: Theatrical play: Gulliver's Travels

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

你們公司大多數人每月大約駕駛300英里。

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

We had about 15 miles to the source.

我們有大約15英里的路程。

Source: CNN 10 Student English May/June 2018 Compilation

They walked 20 miles during their mission.

他們在進行這項挑戰時步行距離達20英里。

Source: CNN 10 Student English September 2022 Collection

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

霍普山與凱芙琳山間隔20英里。

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) April 2014 Collection

It covers over 2 million square miles.

它佔地超過200萬平方英里。

Source: National Geographic (Children's Section)

These can go seven miles an hour.

這些能以每小時 7 英里的速度行駛。

Source: Connection Magazine

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

“先生,她住在100英里以外的蓋茨赫德。

Source: Jane Eyre (Abridged Version)

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