| 词汇 | example_english_square-mile |
| 释义 | square milecollocation in Englishmeanings of squareand mileThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with mile. square adjective uk /skweər/ us /skwer/ having the shape of ... See more at square mile noun uk /maɪl/ us /maɪl/ a unit of distance equal to 1,760 yards or ... See more at mile Examples of square mileThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. The latter did not penetrate the ground except in one area of about one squaremile where the rain was heavier. They seemed to be successful because their ambitions were so restricted, and the losses they incurred per squaremile gained were actually greater. According to census figures, its population in 2000 was 34,325 with a density of just 70 people per squaremile. Now, in 1987, an average of 155 million shares a day are traded on a network of 3,000 terminals over a six million squaremile trading floor. Mailo land was provided in squaremile units (the origin of the term 'mailo land'). Ghazipur similarly had experienced a rise in the population till 1891 which reached 737.3 per squaremile but it declined from 1891 onwards. Short (1978) estimated the population density of these two species to be about three pairs per squaremile (1.9 km-2). Erecting a perimeter fence around a 640 acre (one squaremile) block in the 1860s would cost from £60 (brush fence) to £220 (post and wire fence). In the summer, especially in dry summers, the squaremile of water held back will have an average retention time of up to 50 days. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I see the problem, for the walled city is well under a squaremile and suffers from the simple sardine effect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At present, forestry employs four times as many people to the squaremile as hill sheep farming and the sporting use of land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The deposit of strontium 90 before the first major thermo-nuclear test was 2 milli-curies per squaremile. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To assume that readings may indicate an actual fall in tons on a squaremile can, of course, be fallacious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are told by statisticians that the burning of raw coal means that 200 to 500 tons of smoke dust fall annually per squaremile. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are densities of up to 100 to 200 to the squaremile and then huge areas of unoccupied, or very sparsely occupied, areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is one squaremile, which is a very small space when dealing with a gas like sulphur dioxide. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is obvious that if we put the limit at 740 to the squaremile, we should get cases in which there were 741. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are proud of our underground system here but it is obviously not sufficient, and we want more stations and lines per squaremile. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The density is about 650 persons per squaremile of land suitable for arable cultivation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of square Go to the definition of mile See other collocations with mile |
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