milestone

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n. 里程碑, 里程石, 里程标

发音

US /ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn/
其它
UK /ˈmaɪlstəʊn/

词形变化

milestones 复数 milestones milestoned milestones 三单 milestoning milestoning 现在分词 milestoned 过去式 milestoned 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

里程碑，划时代的事件

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A stone milepost (or by extension in other materials), one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.

    里程碑

  2. 2.

    An important event in a person's life or career, in the history of a nation, in the life of some project, etc.

    里程碑

    习语
v.
  1. 1.

    To place milestones along (a road, etc.).

  2. 2.

    To plan out a project as a series of major steps.

    习语

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

milepost

上位词 5

mark occasion marker marking juncture

相关短语

Paddy's Milestone

词源

From mile + stone. Compare Dutch mijlsteen (“milestone”), German Low German Mielensteen (“milestone”), German Meilenstein (“milestone”), Swedish milsten (“milestone”).

来源：wiktionary