inching
n. 缓动; 寸进; 微动
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。
Prices are inching up.
物价在缓慢地上涨
Prices are inching down.
物价在缓慢下降.
The helicopter hovered over the crowd for a while before inching away.
直升机在人群上空盘旋了一会儿后慢慢飞走了.
They were inching their way along the slippery ridge.
他们沿着滑溜溜的山脊慢慢前进.
Cars were inching, bonnet to tail.
车辆首尾相接, 一寸一寸向前移动.