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mileage 音标拼音: [m'ɑɪlədʒ] [m'ɑɪlɪdʒ] n. 哩数 哩数 mileage n 1: distance measured in miles [ synonym: { mileage}, { milage}] 2: the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned [ synonym: { mileage}, { fuel consumption rate}, { gasoline mileage}, { gas mileage}] 3: a travel allowance at a given rate per mile traveledMileage \ Mile" age\ ( m[ imac] l"[ asl] j; 48), n. 1. An allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Aggregate length or distance in miles; esp., the sum of lengths of tracks or wires of a railroad company, telegraph company, etc. [ Written also { milage}.] [ 1913 Webster] 3. The number of miles that a vehicle can travel after consuming a certain quantity of fuel; in the United States, usually expressed in units of miles per gallon; as, smaller cars tend to get better mileage. It is sometimes used as a nmeasure of the energy efficiency of a vehicle. [ PJC] 4. Use, profit or advantage; as, he got a lot of mileage out of one hit record. [ PJC] { Constructive mileage}, a mileage allowed for journeys supposed to be made, but not actually made. -- Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster] 54 Moby Thesaurus words for " mileage": account, aesthetic distance, allowance, assessment, bill, blackmail, blood money, clearance, compass, deep space, depths of space, distance, divergence, emolument, extension, extent, farness, fee, footing, hush money, infinity, initiation fee, leeway, length, lengthiness, light- years, linear measures, long time, longitude, longness, margin, measure, overall length, parsecs, perpetuity, perspective, piece, range, reach, reckoning, remoteness, retainer, retaining fee, scot, separation, space, span, stipend, stretch, stride, tribute, way, ways, yardage |
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