mileageとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

mile +‎ -age

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪləd͡ʒ/, IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪlɪd͡ʒ/

名詞

mileage (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 mileages)

1. The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.
   • 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 46:

     Having laid out these big-picture figures, the report then begins its analysis of traffic types against route mileage.

2. The number of miles travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.
3. An allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per mile.
4. (informal) The amount of service that something has yielded or may yield in future.

   This old PC has still got plenty of mileage in it.

   There’s quite a lot of mileage in language, speech and computing, particularly in research.

5. (informal) Something worth taking into consideration.

   There’s some mileage in your argument.

6. (slang) The ${\displaystyle \mathbb {N} >0}$ number of sexual encounters by which a woman’s sexual market value is projected.

   Synonym: cock count

   • 2019 February 1, Fredo (lyrics かつ music), “Mmhm”, in Third Avenue‎^[1], track 3, 0:48–0:59:

     Now she's phoning me on private
     When I told her I don't like it
     She's a ho and she got mileage
     Probably more miles than my whip (Skrrt)
     I see it then I buy it
     She's still eating on my privates

派生語

• ton mileage
• your mileage may vary

参考

• kilometrage
• millage
• your mileage may vary