inch
n. 英寸(相當於 2.54 釐米,一英尺有12英寸); 少量,少許; 身高
vt. 使緩慢地移動
vi. 緩慢移動; 漸進
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、直徑 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...
他一點點向前挪動著貨車。
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...
書架上全都塞滿了書。
We are prepared to fight for every inch of territory.
我們時刻準備著為每一寸領土而戰。
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...
他完全是一副倫敦金融城商界人士的派頭。
There stood Gertrude, looking every inch a star.
格特魯德站在那裡,完全是一副明星的派頭。
If someone or something moves inch by inch, they move very slowly and carefully.
The car moved forward inch by inch...
汽車一點一點地向前移動。
The police were searching the area inch by inch.
警方在對那個地區進行仔細搜查。
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
剛剛,恰好
緩慢地;一點一點
give someone an inch and he (或 she) will take a mi
(諺語)得寸進尺
(to) within an inch of one's life
差點兒喪命
every inch
在每個方面;完全地
inch by inch
循序漸進地或很慢地
within an inch of
幾乎達到某一點
An inch of time is an inch of gold.
一寸光陰一寸金.
The soldiers disputed every inch of ground when the enemy attacked.
敵人進犯,戰士們寸土必爭.
She shortened the skirt by an inch.
她把裙子縮短了一英寸.
The car missed me by a fraction of an inch.
那車子差一點兒就要撞到我了.
An inch is a measure of length.
對是長度的度量單位.