mile

miglio

Unità di misura della distanza pari a circa 1,6 chilometri.

In inglese semplice: A unit for measuring distance, equal to about 1.6 kilometres.

• The beach is a mile away.
• We walked three miles before lunch.
• How many miles can this car travel on one tank?

Espressioni comuni: a mile away, per mile, square mile

chilometri

Una distanza molto lunga, senza indicare una misura precisa.

In inglese semplice: A very long distance, without saying exactly how far.

• The shops are miles away.
• We seemed to walk for miles and miles.
• There wasn’t another house for miles around.

Come si usa: miles from somewhere (The nearest hospital is miles from our village.)

Espressioni comuni: mile after mile, a country mile

miglio nautico

Unità usata per le distanze in mare e in aria, pari a circa 1,85 chilometri.

In inglese semplice: A unit used to measure distances at sea and in the air, equal to about 1.85 kilometres.

• A nautical mile is longer than a land mile.
• The ship stopped five nautical miles from the coast.
• The pilot reported a distance of twenty nautical miles.

Sinonimi: nautical mile

Espressioni comuni: nautical mile, one nautical mile

gara del miglio

Gara di corsa su circa 1,6 chilometri, talvolta su 1.500 o 1.600 metri.

In inglese semplice: A running race over about 1.6 kilometres, sometimes over 1,500 or 1,600 metres.

• She won the mile.
• He entered the mile at the school sports day.
• Who holds the fastest time for the mile?

Espressioni comuni: run the mile, win the mile

via, corso

Indica una via importante, spesso lunga circa 1,6 chilometri, soprattutto come parte del suo nome.

In inglese semplice: A major street or road, often about 1.6 kilometres long, especially as part of its name.

• We walked along the Royal Mile.
• Their hotel overlooks Chicago’s Magnificent Mile.
• The Royal Mile was crowded with visitors that afternoon.

Espressioni comuni: the royal mile, the magnificent mile