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单词 bush mile
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Definition of bush mile in English:

bush mile

noun
Australian
  • An approximate distance in the outback, usually taking longer to walk than an actual mile due to the rough nature of the terrain.

    before her lay a walk of three bush miles to her mother's home
    that ten minutes, like the proverbial bush mile, extended into an hour
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It would be a journey of twenty to thirty bush miles.
    • Bush miles seem to vary according to the mood of the fellow you meet.
    • It was not far to the railroad; a half-mile of hilly country — perhaps a bush mile.
    • It lay no more than one bush-mile inland from the shoreline town.
    • I've never been able to work out how long a bush mile is.
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