English Dictionary

mile

IPA（発音記号）

/maɪ̯l/

名詞

くだけた表現 俗語

The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.

日本語の意味

国際マイル：1959年に英語圏の国々で条約によって定められた長さの単位で、正確に1.609344キロメートルに相当し、5,280フィートまたは1,760ヤードに分割される。

She ran a mile every morning to train for the marathon.

彼女はマラソンの練習のために毎朝1マイル（国際マイル＝1.609344キロメートル／5,280フィート）走った。

意味（1）

The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.

Turn left in 1.2 miles.

意味（2）

Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values.

Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.

意味（3）

Any of many customary units of length derived from the Roman mile (mille passus) of 8 stades or 5,000 Roman feet.

意味（4）

The Scandinavian mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 10 kilometers defined in 1889.

意味（5）

Any of many customary units of length from other measurement systems of roughly similar values, as the Chinese (里) or Arabic mile (al-mīl).

意味（6）

(travel) An airline mile in a frequent flyer program.

意味（7）

(informal) Any similarly large distance.

The shot missed by a mile.

意味（8）

(slang) A race of 1 mile's length; a race of around 1 mile's length (usually 1500 or 1600 meters)

The runners competed in the mile.

意味（9）

(slang) One mile per hour, as a measure of speed.

five miles over the speed limit

miles （ plural ）

mile （ UK colloquial plural ）