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
- 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
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1. 1.14 inches of rain fell last night.
昨晚的降雨量为 1.14 英寸。
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2. She's a few inches taller than me.
她比我高几英寸。
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3. He escaped death by an inch.
他差点丧了命。
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4. The car missed us by inches.
那辆车险些撞到了我们。
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5. The doctor examined every inch of his body.
医生检查了他全身的每一部份。
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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.
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