名詞 mile:

1. a unit of length equal to 1760 yards
   同義詞：statute mile, stat mi, land mile, mi
2. a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
   同義詞：nautical mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile
3. a large distance
4. a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 1828.8 meters (6000 feet)
   同義詞：sea mile
5. a British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters (6,082 feet)
   同義詞：nautical mile, naut mi, mi, geographical mile, Admiralty mile
6. an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
   同義詞：Roman mile
7. a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
   同義詞：Swedish mile
8. a footrace extending one mile

1. She's feeling miles better today.
   她今天覺(jué)得好多了。
2. He has a 10-miles' drive each day to and from his work.
   他每天上下班要開(kāi)10哩的車。

mile

n.Abbr. mi.,m.（名詞）縮寫(xiě) mi.,m.
A unit of length equal to 5,280 feet or ,7'0 yards (,'09 meters), used in the United States and other English-speaking countries.Also called land mile ,statute mile See table at measurement
英里：一種長(zhǎng)度單位，等于5,280英尺或,7'0碼(,'09米），在美國(guó)和其他講英語(yǔ)的國(guó)家中使用也作 land mile,statute mile參見(jiàn) measurement
A nautical mile.
海里
An air mile.
空英里
Sports A race that is one mile long.
【體育運(yùn)動(dòng)】 一英里賽馬或賽跑：長(zhǎng)度為一英里的比賽
A relatively great distance:
相對(duì)很大的距離：
例句：
had to walk for miles in the airport.
在機(jī)場(chǎng)得走很長(zhǎng)的路

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old English mol
源自 古英語(yǔ) mol
from Latin molia (passuum) [a thousand (double paces), a Roman mile] [pl. of] molle [thousand] * see gheslo-
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) molia (passuum) [一千個(gè)（兩步），一古羅馬英里] [] molle的復(fù)數(shù) [千] *參見(jiàn) gheslo-