mile

noun

1. 英里（= 1 609米或1 760码）
   a unit for measuring distance equal to 1 609 metres or 1 760 yards
   1. a 20-mile drive to work
      开车20英里去上班
   2. an area of four square miles
      四平方英里的面积
   3. a mile-long procession
      一英里长的游行队伍
   4. The nearest bank is about half a mile down the road.
      最近的银行沿着这条路要走半英里。
   5. We did about 30 miles a day on our cycling trip.
      我们骑车旅行，每天约骑30英里。
   6. The car must have been doing at least 100 miles an hour.
      这车速肯定每小时至少100英里。
   7. My car does 35 miles to the gallon.
      我的车一加仑油能跑35英里。
   8. My car gets 35 miles to the gallon.
      我的车一加仑油能跑35英里。
2. 大面积；长距离
   a large area or a long distance
   1. miles and miles of desert
      广阔无垠的沙漠
   2. There isn't a house for miles around here.
      附近数英里以内没有一座房子。
   3. I'm not walking─it's miles away .
      我不会走着去的——太远了。
3. 很多；远远地
   very much; far
   1. I'm feeling miles better today, thanks.
      多谢，我今天感觉好多了。
   2. I'm miles behind with my work.
      我的工作远远地落在了后面。
   3. She's taller than you by a mile.
      她比你高多了。
4. 一英里赛跑
   a race over one mile
   1. He ran the mile in less than four minutes.
      他用了不到四分钟就跑完一英里。
   2. a four-minute mile
      四分钟一英里赛跑

1. 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.
   1. They drove 600 miles across the desert...
      他们驱车600英里穿越沙漠。
   2. 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。
   3. She lives just half a mile away...
      她就住在半英里以外的地方。
   4. There's a lake up there, about ten miles long.
      那里有一个湖泊，长约10英里。
   5. ...a 50-mile bike ride.
      骑自行车50英里的路程
2. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. I was miles and miles from anywhere...
      我离任何地方都非常远。
   3. 'Shall I come to see you?' — 'Are you kidding? It's miles.'
      “我去看望你好吗？”——“你在开玩笑吗？路很远的。”
3. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. With a Labour candidate in place they won by a mile...
      有一个工党的候选人坐镇，他们大获全胜。
   3. The rehearsals were miles too slow and no work was getting done.
      排练的进度实在太慢，什么工作都没有完成。
4. 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.
   1. What were you thinking about? You were miles away.
      你刚才在想什么呢？你开小差了。
5. 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.
   1. 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”。
6. 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.
   1. You can spot undercover cops a mile off.
      你一眼就可以认出便衣警察。
7. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
8. 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.
   1. '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。”
   2. 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。

1. Oil has come ashore on a ten mile stretch to the east of Plymouth
   绵延10英里的浮油已经到达了普利茅斯东岸。
2. Her body was found dumped in a derelict warehouse less than a mile from her home.
   在距离她家不到一英里的一座废弃仓库里发现了她遭弃的尸体。
3. I have seen him walking down to the shops a mile or so away
   我看见他朝大约一英里以外的商店走去了。
4. Several red and white barriers marked the road at intervals of about a mile
   路上设有几处红白相间的路障，相互间隔约一英里。
5. They drove 600 miles across the desert
   他们驱车600英里穿越沙漠。
6. 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。
7. She lives just half a mile away
   她就住在半英里以外的地方。
8. There's a lake up there, about ten miles long.
   那里有一个湖泊，长约10英里。
9. 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。
10. I was miles and miles from anywhere
    我离任何地方都非常远。
11. 'Shall I come to see you?' — 'Are you kidding? It's miles.'
    “我去看望你好吗？”——“你在开玩笑吗？路很远的。”
12. 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。
13. With a Labour candidate in place they won by a mile
    有一个工党的候选人坐镇，他们大获全胜。
14. The rehearsals were miles too slow and no work was getting done.
    排练的进度实在太慢，什么工作都没有完成。
15. What were you thinking about? You were miles away.
    你刚才在想什么呢？你开小差了。
16. 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”。
17. You can spot undercover cops a mile off.
    你一眼就可以认出便衣警察。
18. 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。
19. 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。
20. '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。”
21. 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。
22. In tests, the bees navigate back home after being placed in a field a mile away.
    在多次试验中，放置于一英里以外田野中的蜜蜂都能飞回蜂巢。
23. They made a 3,000 mile detour simply to prove a point.
    他们绕行3,000英里只是为了证明自己能够做到。
24. The event will be relayed to a giant TV screen a mile away.
    这项赛事将会在一英里以外的一个巨大的电视屏幕上转播。
25. She's already shaved four seconds off the national record for the mile
    她已经将一英里赛跑的国家纪录缩短了4秒。
26. I swim a mile a day.
    我每天游一英里。
27. About a mile to the west of town he came upon a large wood.
    他在镇子以西约一英里处偶遇一大片林地。
28. The scale is an inch to the mile.
    比例是用一吋代表一哩。

n.

be miles away

• 想出了神
  to be thinking deeply about sth and not aware of what is happening around you

go the extra mile (for sb/sth)

• 孜孜以求；加倍努力；加把劲
  to make a special effort to achieve sth, help sb, etc.

miles from anywhere

• 在偏远的地方
  in a place that is a long way from a town and surrounded only by a lot of open country, sea, etc.
  1. We broke down miles from anywhere.
     在一个偏远的地方，我们的车坏了。

run a mile (from sb/sth)

• 尽量避开
  to show that you are very frightened of doing sth

see, spot, tell, smell, etc. sth a mile off

• 轻而易举地看出（或意识到）
  to see or realize sth very easily and quickly
  1. He's wearing a wig─you can see it a mile off.
     他戴着假发，你一眼就能看出来。

stand/stick out a mile

• 显而易见
  to be very obvious or noticeable

give sb an inch (and they'll take a mile/yard)

• 得寸进尺
  used to say that if you allow some people a small amount of freedom or power they will see you as weak and try to take a lot more

a miss is as good as a mile

• 错误再小也是错；功败垂成仍为败
  there is no real difference between only just failing in sth and failing in it badly because the result is still the same

noun

1. a footrace extending one mile
   1. he holds the record in the mile

2. a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet

   Synonym:    statute milestat miland mileinternational milemi

3. a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km

   Synonym:    milSwedish mile

4. an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards

   Synonym:    Roman mile

5. a unit of length used in navigation

   Synonym:    nautical mileminaut miknotinternational nautical mileair mile

6. a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters)

   Synonym:    nautical milenaut mimigeographical mileAdmiralty mile

7. a former British unit of length once used in navigation

   Synonym:    sea mile

8. a large distance
   1. he missed by a mile