mile

复数：miles

1. [C]英里 a unit for measuring length

• cover miles in one hour一小时走完…英里
• do miles in one hour一小时走完…英里
• make about four miles an hour一小时能走四英里
• travel... miles a day日行…英里

• geographical mile海里
• marine mile海里
• nautical mile海里

• sea mile海里
• square mile平方英里
• statute mile法定英里
• three and a half miles三英里半

• mile stone里程碑

• a little beyond a mile一英里稍多一点
• miss by a mile失误极大
• miss the target by a mile远远没有击中目标
• for miles around周围几英里之内
• within three miles of在…的三英里范围内

miles away相隔千里，千里之外；心不在焉

run a mile避而远之

last mile（死刑犯从牢房走到刑场的）最后路程

sea mile海里

a mile off ◎在1英里以外 , ◎[俚语]很容易地看出(或嗅出) , ◎[口语]远距离之外一目了然地，老远就很容易看见地

per mile每千

three mile island三里岛（美国宾夕法尼亚州米德尔敦附近一岛，该地核电站曾发生灾难性事故）

golden mile黄金地带

nautical mile n. 海里（合1.852公里）

1. My son hoofs a mile to school each day.
   我的儿子每天步行一英里去上学。
2. It's not less than a mile to the station.
   到火车站至少有一英里路。
3. He had come up from deep down in the water as the dark cloud of blood had settled and dispersed in the mile deep sea.
   鱼深暗色的血在一哩深的海里，像云朵般地扩散开来，鲨鱼闻到血腥味便由深水中游过来。
4. He wants to better his record for running the mile.
   他要提高一英里赛跑的纪录。