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millimetre (millimeter)

/mɪləmitɚ/

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variant 1: millimetre
variant 2: millimeter

1 · noun

a unit of length equal to one thousandth of a metre

毫米

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The gap is less than one millimetre wide.

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缝隙的宽度还不到一毫米。

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