| 单词 | mile-square |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmile-square mile-square n. and adj. [compare square adj. 5] (a) n. a square mile (rare); (b) adj. having the extent of a square mile, covering a square mile. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a space measuring so much each way > a square mile mile-square1754 square mile1868 1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will iv. viii. 242 'Tis equally improper, to talk of Months and Years of the divine Existence, and Mile-squares of Deity. 1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North III. 337 A mile-square hover of crows darkens air and earth. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It lxxiv. 534 The greater part of the vast floor of the desert under us was as black as ink,..but over a mile square of it was..striped with a thousand branching streams of liquid and gorgeously brilliant fire! 1940 K. Rexroth In what Hour 15 Crossing the brilliant mile-square meadow Illuminated with asters and cyclamen. 1988 H. T. Hoover Yankton Sioux ii. 39 The southwest corner of Greenwood..local residents called mile-square housing because it was situated on the section or square mile of land that contained the agency. 1993 N.Y. Times 28 Nov. viii. 9/4 Deer are often seen in the open in mile-square ditched fields. < as lemmas |
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