| 单词 | scotch mile |
| 释义 | > as lemmasScotch mile Scotch mile n. now historical a unit of distance equal to approx. 1,976 yards (1,807 metres); cf. mile n.1 1. ΚΠ 1645 J. Vicars Gods Ark 137 They came 18 Scotch miles that day to reach Barwick. 1734 D. Hume Lett. (1932) I. 14 Drunk an English Pint of Claret Wine every Day, & rode 8 or 10 Scotch Miles. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 166 But sax Scotch mile, thou try't their mettle. 1864 Ladies' Repository June 382/1 We walk in the United Kingdom by the measure of four sorts of miles, an English mile being 217 yards shorter than a Scotch mile. a1909 A. Anderson Later Poems (1912) 188 I min' a waddin' I was at, A dozen guid Scotch miles away. < as lemmas |
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