inches
n. 英寸; 少量,短距離( inch的名詞複數 )
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。
He saw the Major's face a few inches from his own.
他看見少校的臉離他自己的只有幾英寸.
Their two faces were hardly more than eighteen inches apart.
他倆的臉相隔還不到18英寸。
A couple of inches of dry, powdery snow had fallen.
下了數英寸厚的粉狀幹雪。
The cushions, shown left, measure 20× 12 inches and cost $39.95.
展示在左邊的墊子,長20英寸寬12英寸,價格是39.95美元。
She stood five feet five inches tall and weighed 120 pounds.
她身高5英尺5英寸,體重120磅。