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单词 kilometre
释义
kilometre
noun[C]
UK(USkilometer)
uk
/ˈkɪl.əˌmiː.tər//kɪˈlɒm.ɪ.tər/us
/kɪˈlɑː.mə.t̬ɚ//ˈkɪl.əˌmiː.t̬ɚ/
(written abbreviationkm)
A2
aunitofmeasurementequalto 1,000metres
千米，公里
Examples
  • Hewalkstwo kilometres toworkeverymorning.
  • They were going at about 60 kilometres anhourwhentheircarhitthetree.
  • Wetravellednortheastwardsfor about 250 kilometres.
  • A few kilometres from thecrowdedbeachesof Spain'sMediterraneancoast, many once-thrivingvillagesstanddesertedand inruins.
  • According to themap, thevillageliesabout 10 kilometres to theeastof here.
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Measurements of length & distance
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  • in
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(Definition ofkilometrefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

kilometre| Business English

kilometre
noun[C]
UK(USkilometer)
uk
/ˈkɪləˌmiːtər,kɪˈlɒmɪtər/us
/kɪˈlɑː.mə.t̬ɚ,ˈkɪləˌmiːt̬ɚ/
(abbreviationkm)
MEASURES
aunitofmeasurementoflengthequalto 1000metres, orapproximately0.62miles
(Definition ofkilometrefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofkilometre

kilometre
We use realistic units to indicate the scale: seconds (s) and kilometres (km).
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The scale of the channel and overbank intervals in the formation suggests river systems certainly tens, and probably hundreds of kilometres in length.
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Some of these may be found several kilometres from the base.
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Free balloons carrying lighter instruments have continued these records to still higher regions, heights of 25 kilometres and more having been reached.
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We know that they typically have diameters of a few kilometres and are largely composed of the biologically essential elements, hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen.
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And if this happens to dust grains, it presumably also happens tokilometre-size objects.
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Herding distances are scarcely further than five kilometres from the villages.
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The changes in the dipping of overlying strata can be traced over distances of several kilometres.
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These were collected from different outcrops several kilometres apart, within the mangrove swamp units of the area, with a vibracorer at very shallow depth.
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An appropriate rate of spread is obtained with rare dispersal at distances of the order of tens of kilometres.
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These deposits are laterally continuous for a few kilometres and are not associated with any major channel sand body.
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A stretch of approximately 500 kilometres was covered in six and one half days, during the heat of summer, mostly without water.
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For two decades, beginning in the mid-1980s, additional developments have occurred along this 1,500kilometrefrontier (see map 1).
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The last few kilometres had to be covered on donkeys, along a path made almost impassable by the winter rain.
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Sample 5152 collected eight kilometres east of this contact is a biotite- and hornblende-bearing granodiorite.
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