inches
n. 英寸; 少量,短距离( inch的名词复数 )
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。
He saw the Major's face a few inches from his own.
他看见少校的脸离他自己的只有几英寸.
Their two faces were hardly more than eighteen inches apart.
他俩的脸相隔还不到18英寸。
A couple of inches of dry, powdery snow had fallen.
下了数英寸厚的粉状干雪。
The cushions, shown left, measure 20× 12 inches and cost $39.95.
展示在左边的垫子,长20英寸宽12英寸,价格是39.95美元。
She stood five feet five inches tall and weighed 120 pounds.
她身高5英尺5英寸,体重120磅。