mile
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mile /maɪl/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable] 1 (written abbreviation m)TM a unit for measuring distance, equal to 1,760 yards or about 1,609 metres 英里〔距离的计量单位，等于1,760码或约1,609米〕 It’s forty miles from here to the Polish border. 从这里到波兰边界有40英里。 an area 50 miles wide and 150 miles long 一片50英里宽、150英里长的地区 We walked about half a mile. 我们大约走了半英里。 He was driving at 70 miles per hour. 他正以每小时70英里的速度驾车行驶。2 the mile DSOa race that is a mile in length 一英里赛跑 the first man to run the mile in under four minutes 第一个四分钟内跑完一英里的人3 miles informalFAR a very long distance 很长的距离miles from We were miles from home, and very tired. 我们离家很远，而且非常疲倦。miles away You can’t go to Portsmouth, it’s miles away. 你不能去朴次茅斯，那地方太远了。for miles You can see for miles from here. 从这里能看得很远。 They lived in a little cottage miles from anywhere (=a long way from the nearest town). 他们住在很偏僻的一间小屋里。4 go the extra mile TRY TO DO OR GET somethingto try a little harder in order to achieve something, after you have already used a lot of effort 再加把劲〔以完成某事〕 The president expressed his determination to go the extra mile for peace. 总统表达了要为和平再接再厉的决心。5 stick out/stand out a mile informalOBVIOUS to be very easy to see or notice 显而易见，一目了然 It sticks out a mile that you’re new here. 一看就知道你是新来的。6 can see/spot/tell something a mile off informal if you can see something a mile off, it is very easy to notice 能轻而易举地看出某事物，一眼就能看出某事物 You can tell a mile off that he likes you. 一眼就能看出来他喜欢你。7 be miles away spokenATTENTION to not be paying attention to anything that is happening around you 心不在焉，走神 ‘Kate!’ ‘Sorry, I was miles away!’ “凯特！”“对不起，我走神了！”8 miles older/better/too difficult etc British English informalVERY very much older, better, too difficult etc 老很多/好得多/实在太难等 SYN loads The second film’s miles better. 第二部电影要好得多。9 by a mile informal by a very large amount 远远〔超越、胜过等〕 He was the best player on the pitch by a mile. 他绝对是场上最棒的球员。10. miles out British English informalWRONG/INCORRECT a measurement, guess, or calculation that is miles out is completely wrong 〔测量、猜测或计算〕差远了，全错了11. join the mile high club informal to have sex in a plane 在飞机上性交 → nautical mile, → run a mile at run1(38)
Examples from the Corpus
mile• The main obstacle was the steep Crooksbury Hill after 19 miles, with the Punchbowl being a descent.• Edgcote House, situated about 8 miles northwest of Brackley, was a somewhat larger house than Weston Hall.• Dane's father lives about a mile from here.• The gas was piped over a quarter of a mile to the Hall and stables.• Eighteen miles is not far at all, she says.• Huge jams built up behind the 74-year-old pensioner as he crawled for five miles along the inside lane of the dual-carriageway A1.• Mark jogs as least five miles a day.• The first goal he scored in the famous Burnley game was really something special, he lobs the goalie from miles out.• Maybe you have to throw a coat over your nightie and pick them up from miles away in the car.• The car gets about thirty miles to the gallon.• Now his voice was coming over five thousand miles of air and five hundred years of diverse progress.miles per hour• At least 20 others were run aground, driven into sand bars by huge waves and winds topping 100 miles per hour.• Average speed 111 miles per hour.• Competing vehicles have to cover a ten-mile course carrying a driver at a speed of at least 15 miles per hour.• He estimated that the car must have been doing at least 18 miles per hour on the curve where it overturned.• We can accelerate up to 20 miles per hour up a hill.• After reaching speeds of 200 miles per hour enroute, you arrive at the barber shop.• The hydrogen molecule, H2, which is the smallest of all molecules travels at approximately 4300 miles per hour at 25°C.• The speed limit is 65 miles per hour.• Boost is engine manifold pressure, a key ingredient in the maintenance of horsepower and ultimately, miles per hour.From Longman Business Dictionarymilemile /maɪl/ written abbreviation m noun [countable] (also geographical mile) a unit for measuring distance or length, equal to 5,280 feet or 1,609 metres → nautical mileOrigin mile Old English mil, from Latin milia passum “thousands of paces”mile nounChinese
equal to unit distance, for Corpus Business measuring a
mile
mile S1 W1 /maɪl/
noun [countable]
It’s forty miles from here to the Polish border.
an area 50 miles wide and 150 miles long
We walked about half a mile.
He was driving at 70 miles per hour.
2. the mile a race that is a mile in length:
the first man to run the mile in under four minutes
3. miles informal a very long distance
miles from
We were miles from home, and very tired.
miles away
You can’t go to Portsmouth, it’s miles away.
for miles
You can see for miles from here.
They lived in a little cottage miles from anywhere (=a long way from the nearest town).
4. go the extra mile to try a little harder in order to achieve something, after you have already used a lot of effort:
The president expressed his determination to go the extra mile for peace.
5. stick out/stand out a mile informal to be very easy to see or notice:
It sticks out a mile that you’re new here.
6. can see/spot/tell something a mile off informal if you can see something a mile off, it is very easy to notice:
You can tell a mile off that he likes you.
7. be miles away spoken to not be paying attention to anything that is happening around you:
‘Kate!’ ‘Sorry, I was miles away!’
8. miles older/better/too difficult etc British English informal very much older, better, too difficult etc
SYN loads:
The second film’s miles better.
9. by a mile informal by a very large amount:
He was the best player on the pitch by a mile.
10. miles out British English informal a measurement, guess, or calculation that is miles out is completely wrong
11. join the mile high club informal to have sex in a plane
⇨ nautical mile, ⇨ run a mile at run1(38)
mile S1 W1 /maɪl/
noun [countable] Language: Old English
Origin: mil, from Latin milia passum 'thousands of paces'
1. (written abbreviation m) a unit for measuring distance, equal to 1,760 yards or about 1,609 metres:Origin: mil, from Latin milia passum 'thousands of paces'
2. the mile a race that is a mile in length:
3. miles informal a very long distance
miles from
miles away
for miles
4. go the extra mile to try a little harder in order to achieve something, after you have already used a lot of effort:
5. stick out/stand out a mile informal to be very easy to see or notice:
6. can see/spot/tell something a mile off informal if you can see something a mile off, it is very easy to notice:
7. be miles away spoken to not be paying attention to anything that is happening around you:
8. miles older/better/too difficult etc British English informal very much older, better, too difficult etc
SYN loads:
9. by a mile informal by a very large amount:
10. miles out British English informal a measurement, guess, or calculation that is miles out is completely wrong
11. join the mile high club informal to have sex in a plane
⇨ nautical mile, ⇨ run a mile at run1(38)
