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mile 音標拼音: [m'ɑɪl] n. 哩,英里,較大的距離 哩,英哩,較大的距離 mile 英里 M mile 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] Mile (from Lat. mille, "a thousand;" Matt. 5:41), a Roman measure of 1,000 paces of 5 feet each. Thus the Roman mile has 1618 yards, being 142 yards shorter than the English mile. |
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