inch 英 [ɪntʃ] 　 美 [ɪntʃ]

inch

inch　 英 [ɪntʃ] 美 [ɪntʃ]

n. 英寸；少许　 v. 缓慢地移动　

进行时:inching　 过去式:inched　 过去分词:inched　 第三人称单数:inches　 名词复数:inches　

1.14 inches of rain fell last night.　昨晚的降雨量为 1.14 英寸。
She's a few inches taller than me.　她比我高几英寸。

  • An inch is a small unit of measurement. Twelve inches makes one foot.
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  • n. 英寸；少许
  • v. 缓慢地移动

  • 1. 1.14 inches of rain fell last night.

    昨晚的降雨量为 1.14 英寸。

  • 2. She's a few inches taller than me.

    她比我高几英寸。

  • 3. He escaped death by an inch.

    他差点丧了命。

  • 4. The car missed us by inches.

    那辆车险些撞到了我们。

  • 5. The doctor examined every inch of his body.

    医生检查了他全身的每一部份。

  • 6. She moved forward, inching towards the rope.

    她小心翼翼地慢慢向绳子挪过去。

  • inch (n.1) "linear measure, one-twelfth of a foot," late Old English ynce, Middle English unche (current spelling c. 1300), from Latin uncia "a twelfth part," from unus "one" (from PIE root *oi-no- "one, unique"). An early Anglo-Saxon borrowing from Latin; not found in other Germanic languages. Transferred and figurative sense of "a very small amount, small quantity" is attested from mid-14c. As the unit of measure of rainfall from 1845. Sometimes misdivided in Middle English as a neynche. Every inch "in every respect" is from early 15c. For phrase give him an inch ... see ell.
  • inch (n.2) "small Scottish island," early 15c., from Gaelic innis (genitive innse) "island," from Celtic *inissi (source also of Old Irish inis, Welsh ynys, Breton enez).
  • inch (v.) 1590s, "move little by little" (intrans.), from inch (n.1). Meaning "drive or force by small degrees" (trans.) is from 1660s. Related: Inched; inching.
inch ★ / ɪntʃ ; NAmE ɪntʃ / noun , verb inch inches inched inching noun ★ 1 ★ ( abbr.in. ) a unit for measuring length, equal to 2.54 centimetres. There are 12 inchesin a foot. 英寸（长度单位，等于 2.54 厘米，1 英尺等于 12 英寸） ◆ 1.14 inches of rain fell last night. 昨晚的降雨量为 1.14 英寸。 ◆ She's a few inches taller than me. 她比我高几英寸。 2 ★ a small amount or distance 少量；短距离 ◆ He escaped death by an inch. 他差点丧了命。 ◆ The car missed us by inches. 那辆车险些撞到了我们。 ◆ He was just inches away from scoring. 他只差一点儿就得分了。 IDIOMS every inch 1 the whole of sth 整体；全部 ◆ The doctor examined every inch of his body. 医生检查了他全身的每一部份。 ◆ ( figurative) If they try to fire me I'll fight them every inch of the way. 他们要是想解雇我，我就和他们抗争到底。 2 completely 完全地 ◆ In his first game the young player already looked every inch a winner. 那位年轻的选手在第一场比赛就已经被认为胜券在握。 give sb an ˈinch (and they'll take a ˈmile/ˈyard) ( saying) used to say that if you allow some people a small amount of freedom or power they will see you as weak and try to take a lot more 得寸进尺 ˌinch by ˈinch very slowly and with great care or difficulty 缓慢而谨慎地；一步一步 ◆ She crawled forward inch by inch. 她一点一点地往前爬。 not budge/give/move an ˈinch to refuse to change your position, decision, etc. even a little 寸步不让 ◆ We tried to negotiate a lower price but they wouldn't budge an inch. 我们试图把价还低一些，但他们寸步不让。 within an ˈinch of sth/of doing sth very close to sth/doing sth 差一点；险些 ◆ She was within an inch of being killed. 她险些丧命。 ◆ They beat him (to) within an inch of his life (= very severely). 他们险些儿把他打死。 ☞more at trust   v. verb [intransitive ,  transitive ] to move or make sth move slowly and carefully in a particular direction （使朝某方向）谨慎移动 + adv./prep. ◆ She moved forward, inching towards the rope. 她小心翼翼地慢慢向绳子挪过去。 inchsth + adv./prep. ◆ I inched the car forward. 我开着车小心地缓缓前行。 ◆ He inched his waythrough the narrow passage. 他一点一点地穿过狭窄的通道。 inch / ɪntʃ ; NAmE ɪntʃ /
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