单词 | kilometre |
释义 | kilometre, -meter |ˈkɪləmiːtə(r)| Also with pronunc. |kɪˈlɒmɪtə(r)|, prob. under the influence of such words as speedometer, thermometer. [a. F. kilomètre (1795): see kilo- and metre. (The stress is marked by Webster (1828), Craig, and Cassell as kiˈlometre.)] In the Metric system, a measure of length containing 1000 metres, or 3280.89 feet, or nearly five-eighths of a mile. Also Comb., as kilometre-stone (cf. mile-stone).
1810Naval Chron. XXIV. 301 Killometer, 1000 M. 1868Morn. Star 25 Feb., The tunnel will cost 160,000l. per kilometre. 1881Halsted Mensuration 2 The kilometer is used as the unit of distance. 1888Pennell Sent. Journey 166 The kilometre-stones no longer marked the distance. |

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