mile

マイル

約1.6キロメートルに相当する距離の単位。

やさしい英語で： A unit for measuring distance, equal to about 1.6 kilometres.

• The beach is a mile away.
• We walked three miles before lunch.
• How many miles can this car travel on one tank?

よく使う表現： a mile away, per mile, square mile

何キロも、遠く

正確な長さを示さずに、とても遠い距離を表す。

やさしい英語で： A very long distance, without saying exactly how far.

• The shops are miles away.
• We seemed to walk for miles and miles.
• There wasn’t another house for miles around.

使い方： miles from somewhere (The nearest hospital is miles from our village.)

よく使う表現： mile after mile, a country mile

海里

海上や航空で使う、約1.85キロメートルに相当する距離の単位。

やさしい英語で： A unit used to measure distances at sea and in the air, equal to about 1.85 kilometres.

• A nautical mile is longer than a land mile.
• The ship stopped five nautical miles from the coast.
• The pilot reported a distance of twenty nautical miles.

類義語： nautical mile

よく使う表現： nautical mile, one nautical mile

マイル走

約1.6キロ、場合によっては1500か1600メートルの競走。

やさしい英語で： A running race over about 1.6 kilometres, sometimes over 1,500 or 1,600 metres.

• She won the mile.
• He entered the mile at the school sports day.
• Who holds the fastest time for the mile?

よく使う表現： run the mile, win the mile

大通り

主に名前の一部として、長さ約1.6キロほどの主要な通りを指す。

やさしい英語で： A major street or road, often about 1.6 kilometres long, especially as part of its name.

• We walked along the Royal Mile.
• Their hotel overlooks Chicago’s Magnificent Mile.
• The Royal Mile was crowded with visitors that afternoon.

よく使う表現： the royal mile, the magnificent mile