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A miler is a person, or sometimes a horse, who over one mile. On the track, the mile is a famous distance — a little more than 1,600 metres — and a miler is the specialist who trains for that race.
A milerMiler is是 who races over one mile跑一英里比賽的 a person人 or sometimes a horse,有時候也指馬 On the track在田徑場上 the mile一英里 is a famous distance是知名的距離 a little more than 1,600 metres比1,600公尺多一點 and a miler而 miler is是 who trains for that race專門為那項比賽訓練 the specialist的選手
People say a four-minute miler for someone fast enough to run a mile in four minutes, a famous time in sport.
People say人們會說 a four-minute milera four-minute miler for someone fast enough to run a mile in four minutes指跑一英里能跑進四分鐘的人 a famous time in sport這是運動史上知名的時間
The word is informal sports English: you hear it at the track or in the newspaper, not in a science book. It does not mean anyone who can walk a mile; it means a racer for that distance.
The word這個字 is informal sports English是非正式的運動英語 you hear it at the track or in the newspaper你會在田徑場或報紙上聽到 not in a science book不會出現在科學書裡 It does not mean它不是指 anyone who can walk a mile任何能走一英里的人 it means它指的是 a racer for that distance這個距離的賽跑選手
Though actually, newspapers still love the mile even in countries that run 1,500 metres at the Olympics, so miler has stayed in English.
Though actually不過實際上 even in countries that run 1,500 metres at the Olympics就算在奧運跑1,500公尺的國家 newspapers still love the mile報紙仍然愛用「一英里」 so miler has stayed in English所以 miler 這個字留在了英語裡
組成From mile + -er: a person or animal that runs that distance.
同家族的字
- milethe race distance this word is built from
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Milername
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A surname.
milernoun/ˈmaɪləɹ/
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hobbieslifestylesportsAn athlete or a horse who specializes in running races of one mile, or a specified number of miles.
- But the master himself was an old Oxford miler, who could still bear it better than I; nay, as I flagged and stumbled, I heard him pounding steadily behind.
- The champion sprinter is seldom a five-miler as well.
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A race whose length is the specified number of miles.
- I ran an eight-miler on Sunday and I'm still feeling sore.
- There were some impressive victories, but Fleming believes her most important race was the second of two close second-place finishes to Pippig, one in the Peachtree 10-K in Atlanta in July and the second in a seven-miler in Davenport, Iowa, a week later.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。