country mile

短语

<美口>极长的一段距离

发音

AU /ˌkʌntɹi ˈmaɪl/

词形变化

country miles 复数 country miles

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A long way, a great distance.

    习语 非正式

    by a country mile

词源

From country + mile. So named due to the winding, twisting nature of country roads, a country mile appears to take much longer to travel than a mile in the city, where the roads are straighter. First use appears c. 1717, in the publications of M. Dutton.

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