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mile 音标拼音: [m'ɑɪl]
n. 哩,英里,较大的距离 哩,英哩,较大的距离 mile英里 Mmile n 1: a unit of length equal to 1, 760 yards or 5, 280 feet; exactly 1609. 344 meters [ synonym: { mile}, { statute mile}, { stat mi}, { land mile}, { international mile}, { mi}] 2: a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1, 852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude [ synonym: { nautical mile}, { mile}, { mi}, { naut mi}, { knot}, { international nautical mile}, { air mile}] 3: a large distance; " he missed by a mile" 4: a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6, 000 feet ( 1828. 8 meters) [ synonym: { sea mile}, { mile}] 5: a former British unit of length equivalent to 6, 080 feet ( 1, 853. 184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile [ synonym: { nautical mile}, { naut mi}, { mile}, { mi}, { geographical mile}, { Admiralty mile}] 6: an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards [ synonym: { mile}, { Roman mile}] 7: a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km [ synonym: { mile}, { mil}, { Swedish mile}] 8: a footrace extending one mile; " he holds the record in the mile" Mile \ Mile\ ( m[ imac] l), n. [ AS. m[ imac] l, fr. L. millia, milia; pl. of mille a thousand, i. e., milia passuum a thousand paces. Cf. { Mill} the tenth of a cent, { Million}.] A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5, 280 feet. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The distance called a mile varies greatly in different countries. Its length in yards is, in Norway, 12, 182; in Brunswick, 11, 816; in Sweden, 11, 660; in Hungary, 9, 139; in Switzerland, 8, 548; in Austria, 8, 297; in Prussia, 8, 238; in Poland, 8, 100; in Italy, 2, 025; in England and the United States, 1, 760; in Spain, 1, 552; in the Netherlands, 1, 094. [ 1913 Webster] { Geographical mile} or { Nautical mile}, one sixtieth of a degree of a great circle of the earth, or 6080. 27 feet. { Mile run}. Same as { Train mile}. See under { Train}. { Roman mile}, a thousand paces, equal to 1, 614 yards English measure. { Statute mile}, a mile conforming to statute, that is, in England and the United States, a mile of 5, 280 feet, as distinguished from any other mile. [ 1913 Webster] |
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