“milometer”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

milometer

释义

milometer|maɪˈlɒmɪtə(r)|
Also mileometer.
[f. mile n.¹ + -ometer.]
An instrument which is fitted to a vehicle to record the distance in miles travelled by it.
1953A. Smith Blind White Fish in Persia 218 Every time another 1,000 miles was registered by the milometer, those in front would cheer a little.1963‘B. Graeme’ Almost without Murder xv. 170 We hit a toll road, whereupon the milometer ticked off the miles with boring rapidity.1968Punch 31 July 172/1 One army jeep being driven aimlessly around by Georg in order that its mileometer shall record that monthly mileage total considered by higher authority appropriate for army vehicles.1974Times 9 Oct. 14/1 Guilty..of..offering for sale cars whose milometers had been altered to show a lower reading.1975G. Lyall Judas Country xxi. 153 From the mileometer I'd guess she was only just run in.

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