milepost

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈmaɪlˌpoʊst/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A post on a highway, often with one or more fingerposts, showing the distance in miles to nearby places.
  2. A sign or post beside a railway marking the distance from the (actual or nominal) start of a line (usually the principal terminus or junction with a more major line).
    — But beyond these cut-offs, to avoid the wholesale alteration of all mileposting and mileages—of bridges and culverts, for example—the original mileposts have remained unaltered.
动词 v.
  1. To place mileposts along (a road, etc.). intransitive,transitive

词形变化

mileposts plural mileposts present,singular,third-person mileposting participle,present mileposted participle,past mileposted past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English mile
Latin postisbor.
Old English post
Latin postisder.
Old French postbor.
Middle English post
English post
English milepost
From mile + post.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English mile
Latin postisbor.
Old English post
Latin postisder.
Old French postbor.
Middle English post
English post
English milepost
From mile + post.
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