kilometers

kilometers — 名詞

1. a unit for measuring length or distance; one kilometer equals one thousand meter

1.名詞A2
釋義

公里

長度單位，等於一千公尺

a unit for measuring length or distance; one kilometer equals one thousand meters, and people use it worldwide to describe how far apart places are or how long a route is.

例句

Nikhil ran the last five kilometers of the race in just under twenty minutes.

Nikhil 跑完了比賽的最後五公里，用時不到二十分鐘。

run + distance in kilometers (collocation)

The nearest hospital was nearly ten kilometers from Mira's village.

離 Mira 的村莊最近的醫院大約有十公里遠。

be + number + kilometers from [place]

常見搭配
  • kilometers from
  • kilometers to
  • kilometers per hour
  • square kilometers
  • within kilometers of

文法句型

number + kilometers

kilometers + of + noun

用法筆記

Often abbreviated as km in writing, without a period. In Taiwan and most metric-system countries, road signs and speed limits use kilometers rather than miles.

常見錯誤

The park is 5 kilometer from here.
The park is 5 kilometers from here.
Use the plural form kilometers when the number is greater than one.
Drive at 80 kms per hour.
Drive at 80 km per hour.
The standard abbreviation is km, not kms, even for plural distances.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

常用片語

  • kilometers per hour
  • square kilometers
  • kilometers away

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