country mile

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A long way, a great distance. idiomatic,informal
    — by a country mile

词形变化

country miles plural

词源

From country + mile. So named due to the winding, twisting nature of country roads, a country mile appears to take much longer to travel than a mile in the city, where the roads are straighter. First use appears c. 1717, in the publications of M. Dutton.
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