mile
mile
英[maɪl]美[maɪl]
n.英里，很远的距离，一英里赛跑；
复数：miles;
例句
There was a ten-mile chase before the thieves were caught up by the police car.过了10英里路, **的车子才赶上盗窃犯。
We stopped a mile short of the top.我们在离山顶一英里的地方停了下来。
They walked a quarter of a mile down the mountainside.他们沿山坡下行了四分之一英里的路程。
It's no more than one mile to the shops.到商业区不过一英里。
A mile more of rusty pine needles brilliant with gaudy fungus and molted feathers.接下来的一里路，地上铺着锈朽的松针，点缀着艳丽的菇子和鸟类换掉的羽毛。
The scale of this map is an inch to a mile.这张地图的比例尺是一英寸代表一英里。
It was a mile by water, four miles round the shore.由水路去只有一英里, 沿岸绕行要四英里。
The hospital is about a mile past the school.医院在离学校一英里以外的地方。
I dismissed the carriage and walked the last mile.我把马车打发走了, 徒步走完*后一英里路。
The two roads merge a mile ahead.两条路在前面一英里处会合。
词组
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）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see (或 tell, spot) something a mile off
(informal)recognize something very easily(非正式)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；格格不入英语四级真题
On February 14th, the self-driving car, travelling at 2 miles per hour, pulled out in front of a public bus going 15 miles per hour.
出自-2017年6月听力原文Did you know that besides larger places like France and Germany, Europe is home to several extremely tiny countries? One of these countries contains less than a square mile of land.
出自-2016年12月听力原文Norwalk is about eighteen miles east of here on Route 7.
出自-2013年12月听力原文It's about thirty-five miles northeast of here
出自-2013年12月听力原文Huh-uh, thirty-five miles northeast.
出自-2013年12月听力原文It's about fifty-five miles southwest from here and the road is not at all straight
出自-2013年12月听力原文Fifty-five miles southwest Well, maybe I won't go there this time.
出自-2013年12月听力原文Westfield is just seven miles west ofhere and Great Town is about five miles south.
出自-2013年12月听力原文Seven miles west to Westfield and five relies south to Great Town
出自-2013年12月听力原文It lies seven miles east of Newton.
出自-2013年12月听力原文They are fifty-five miles apart
出自-2013年12月听力原文Alcatraz is over a mile from the mainland.
2019年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section AWhen he was about half a mile out from the dark, he felt a bit tired.
2019年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A英语六级真题
Instead of flying thousands of miles in search of food, they make the waste sites their winter feeding grounds.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文Elsewhere in Antarctica, Russian researchers boast of their recent discovery of a freshwater reserve the size of Lake Ontario after drilling through miles of solid ice.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文the man whose horse trots（奔跑）a mile in a minute does not carry the most important messages.
出自-2012年12月阅读原文It then ships the gas 200 miles by pipeline to Canada, where it is pumped underground in oil recovery operations.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文Two weeks later, she arrived at Alaska, thousands of miles from her friends, her family and her past.
出自-2013年12月听力原文As a young man, he began walking over tens of thousands of miles during his lifetime, through the south to Florida, the west to California and north to Alaska, where readers are taken a long and particularly hair-raising adventure on a large mass of floating ice
出自-2013年6月听力原文柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
英里(等于1,760 码或约等于1.6公里)
A mile is a unit of distance equal to 1,760 yards or approximately 1.6 kilometres.
例句
They drove 600 miles across the desert...他们驱车600英里穿越沙漠。The hurricane is moving to the west at about 18 miles per hour...飓风正以每小时18英里的速度向西推进。N-PLURAL
很长的路程；长距离
Miles is used, especially in the expression miles away, to refer to a long distance.
例句
If you enrol at a gym that's miles away, you won't be visiting it as often as you should...如果你加入的健身馆非常远，就不会去得那么经常了。I was miles and miles from anywhere...我离任何地方都非常远。N-COUNT
很大的程度（强调区别或目标与现实的差距）
Miles or a mile is used with the meaning 'very much' in order to emphasize the difference between two things or qualities, or the difference between what you aimed to do and what you actually achieved.
例句
You're miles better than most of the performers we see nowadays...你比当下我们见到的大多数表演者都强多了。With a Labour candidate in place they won by a mile...有一个工*的候选人坐镇，他们大获全胜。PHRASE
思想不集中;开小差；走神
If you say that someone is miles away, you mean that they are unaware of what is happening around them because they are thinking about something else.
例句
What were you thinking about? You were miles away.你刚才在想什么呢？你开小差了。PHRASE
加倍努力；加把劲
If you say that someone is willing to go the extra mile, you mean that they are willing to make a special effort to do or achieve something.
例句
The President is determined 'to go the extra mile for peace'.总统决心“为实现和平而加倍努力”。PHRASE
打老远，一眼（认出）
If you say that you can see or recognize something a mile off, you are emphasizing that it is very obvious and easy to recognize.
例句
You can spot undercover cops a mile off.你一眼就可以认出便衣**。PHRASE
(因极度害怕或不愿面对)避而远之，跑得远远的
If you say that someone would run a mile when faced with a particular situation, you mean that they would be very frightened or unwilling to deal with it.
例句
If anybody had told me when I first got married that I was going to have seven children, I would have run a mile...若是有人在我刚结婚时跟我说我会生7个孩子，我一定会躲得远远的。I'm very squeamish and when I see needles I run a mile.我神经非常脆弱，见到针头就会逃之夭夭。PHRASE
显而易见;很明显
If you say that something or someone sticks out a mile or stands out a mile, you are emphasizing that they are very obvious and easy to recognize.
例句
'How do you know he's Irish?' —'Sticks out a mile.'...“你是怎么知道他是爱尔兰人的呢？”——“明摆的事嘛。”We stood out a mile on that first day at school.上学第一天，我们就非常惹人注意。英汉词典释义
n.
英里
I dismissed the carriage and walked the last mile.我把马车打发走了, 徒步走完*后一英里路。The city covered ten square miles.这个城市面积有10平方英里。大面积；长距离
很多；远远地
一英里赛跑
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a unit of length equal to 1760 yards
2. a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
3. a large distance;
"he missed by a mile"4. a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 1828.8 meters (6000 feet)
5. a British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters (6,082 feet)
6. an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
7. a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
8. a footrace extending one mile;
"he holds the record in the mile"行业词典
计算机： 英里[M]；
