mile

名词 mile:

1. a unit of length equal to 1760 yards
   同义词：statute mile, stat mi, land mile, mi
2. a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
   同义词：nautical mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile
3. a large distance
4. a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 1828.8 meters (6000 feet)
   同义词：sea mile
5. a British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters (6,082 feet)
   同义词：nautical mile, naut mi, mi, geographical mile, Admiralty mile
6. an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
   同义词：Roman mile
7. a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
   同义词：Swedish mile
8. a footrace extending one mile

1. She's feeling miles better today.
   她今天觉得好多了。
2. He has a 10-miles' drive each day to and from his work.
   他每天上下班要开10哩的车。

mile

n.Abbr. mi.,m.（名词）缩写 mi.,m.
A unit of length equal to 5,280 feet or ,7'0 yards (,'09 meters), used in the United States and other English-speaking countries.Also called land mile ,statute mile See table at measurement
英里：一种长度单位，等于5,280英尺或,7'0码(,'09米），在美国和其他讲英语的国家中使用也作 land mile,statute mile参见 measurement
A nautical mile.
海里
An air mile.
空英里
Sports A race that is one mile long.
【体育运动】 一英里赛马或赛跑：长度为一英里的比赛
A relatively great distance:
相对很大的距离：
例句：
had to walk for miles in the airport.
在机场得走很长的路

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English mol
源自 古英语 mol
from Latin molia (passuum) [a thousand (double paces), a Roman mile] [pl. of] molle [thousand] * see gheslo-
源自 拉丁语 molia (passuum) [一千个（两步），一古罗马英里] [] molle的复数 [千] *参见 gheslo-