inch
n. 英寸(相当于 2.54 厘米,一英尺有12英寸); 少量,少许; 身高
vt. 使缓慢地移动
vi. 缓慢移动; 渐进
An inch is an imperial unit of length, approximately equal to 2.54 centimetres. There are twelve inches in a foot.
...a candy tin 6 inches high and 8 inches in diameter.
高 6 英寸、直径 8 英寸的糖果罐子
...18 inches below the surface.
表面以下 18 英寸
To inch somewhere or to inch something somewhere means to move there very slowly and carefully, or to make something do this.
...a climber inching up a vertical wall of rock...
沿一面陡直石壁慢慢往上爬的人
He inched the van forward...
他一点点向前挪动着货车。
If you talk about every inch of an area, you are emphasizing that you mean the whole of it.
Every inch of shelf space was crammed with books...
书架上全都塞满了书。
We are prepared to fight for every inch of territory.
我们时刻准备着为每一寸领土而战。
If you say that someone looks every inch a certain type of person, you are emphasizing that they look exactly like that kind of person.
He looks every inch the City businessman...
他完全是一副伦敦金融城商界人士的派头。
There stood Gertrude, looking every inch a star.
格特鲁德站在那里,完全是一副明星的派头。
If someone or something moves inch by inch, they move very slowly and carefully.
The car moved forward inch by inch...
汽车一点一点地向前移动。
The police were searching the area inch by inch.
警方在对那个地区进行仔细搜查。
1. a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
2. a unit of measurement for advertising space
1. advance slowly, as if by inches;
by inches
刚刚,恰好
缓慢地;一点一点
give someone an inch and he (或 she) will take a mi
(谚语)得寸进尺
(to) within an inch of one's life
差点儿丧命
every inch
在每个方面;完全地
inch by inch
循序渐进地或很慢地
within an inch of
几乎达到某一点
An inch of time is an inch of gold.
一寸光阴一寸金.
The soldiers disputed every inch of ground when the enemy attacked.
敌人进犯,战士们寸土必争.
She shortened the skirt by an inch.
她把裙子缩短了一英寸.
The car missed me by a fraction of an inch.
那车子差一点儿就要撞到我了.
An inch is a measure of length.
对是长度的度量单位.