6000 metres long作表語，放在系動詞後，6000-metre-long作定語，放在名詞前修飾名詞，例如：The bridge is 6000 metres long.等於This is a 6000-metre-long bridge. 類似於The girl is 16 years old.=This is a 16-year-old girl.

metre英 ["mi:tə(r)] 美 [ˈmitɚ] n.米，公尺;格律，韻律複數： metres雙語例句1Chris Boardman won the Olympic 4,000 metres pursuit 克里斯·博德曼贏得了奧運會4,000米腳踏車追逐賽的冠軍。2They must each compose a poem in strict alliterative metre他們必須每人作一首嚴格押頭韻的詩。