英语词汇“half-miler”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	half-miler
释义	half-miler in British English noun a runner who specializes in running races over half a mile or a similar metric distance half-miler in American English (ˈhæfˈmailər, ˈhɑːf-) noun informal 1. a half-mile race 2. a runner who participates or specializes in such a race Word origin [1930–35; half-mile + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boondoggle, hypercorrection, logical positivism, old school tie, preset-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner) Examples of 'half-miler' in a sentence half-miler He, too, was no half-miler. Globe and Mail (2003) The most dominant female half-miler of all time. Times, Sunday Times (2010)
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half-miler in British English