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]

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.