| 单词 | welsh mile |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWelsh mile Welsh mile n. a distance of a mile or (usually) more; (allusive) something (esp. a distance) that feels long or tedious. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > mile > a long mile Welsh milea1500 Robin Hood's mile1559 Yorkshire mile1710 a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xv. 247 (MED) All the contrey was of hem covered the length of a walshe myle. 1653 J. Taylor Short Relation Long Journey 22 I hired a guide who brought me to Swansey (sixteen well stretch'd Welch Mountainous Miles).] 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Welch Mile. Like a Welch mile, long and narrow. His story is like a Welch mile, long and tedious. 1798 R. Warner Walk through Wales xiv. 201 We had often had occasion in Wales to observe the inaccuracy of the common people's ideas with respect to distance, and generally found the addition of half a mile to the real measurement necessary to form a Welsh mile. 1890 Through N. Wales with Knapsack v. 20 We often wondered if the Welsh mile is longer than its English brother. 1999 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 18 Sept. 21 Your average Welsh mile is about 1.8 miles—at least it always seems to be when I'm driving the roads of the Principality. < as lemmas |
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