milepost

🇺🇸 /ˈmaɪlpəʊst/ 🇬🇧 /ˈmaɪlpəʊst/
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noun
R

A sign on the side of the road that tells you how far you are from a certain place.

We passed a milepost that said we were 50 miles away from the city.

我们经过了一块里程碑,上面写着离城市还有50英里。

R

A significant event or stage in the progress of something.

Landing on the moon was a milepost in space exploration.

登月是在太空探索中的一个里程碑。

translation

n. 里程碑, 重大事件

词形变化

Plural mileposts