| 释义 |
inch¹ /ɪntʃ/ n. | vt. | vi. | phr.
I n.
1. 英寸
There are twelve inches in a foot. 1英尺等于12英寸。
Five inches of snow had fallen. 已下了5英寸的雪。
2. = water-inch
3. [inches] 身材；身高
a man of your inches 像你这样身高的人
4. (表示数量、距离、程度等)少许，一点儿
He would not yield an inch. 他寸步不让。
escape death by an inch 险些儿送命
II ❶ vt.
使缓慢地移动
She watched him inch his way up the stairs. 她看着他一步一步登上楼梯。
He inched the gloves on. 他慢慢提拉着戴上手套。
❷ vi.
缓慢地移动
Production of steel and crude oil inched upward. 钢铁与原油生产一步步缓慢上升。
The police ambulance inched to the airport. 警方救护车爬行般驶向机场。
[< OE ynce < L uncia twelfth part; 见 OUNCE¹] phr. an inch of cold iron 匕首的一刺，尖刀的一戳 by inches 1. 一点一点地，缓慢地 The river was rising by inches. 河水慢慢地上涨。2. 差一点儿，险些儿 The car missed him by inches. 汽车差一点把他撞倒。by inch of candle 通过拍卖 (缘旧时拍卖时燃烛) every inch 在各方面；完全，彻底 He looked every inch the young professor. 他看上去完全是一副年轻教授的派头。Give him an inch and he'll take an ell (或 a mile, a yard). 〈谚〉得寸进尺。 inch by inch 一点一点地，缓慢地 within an inch of 差一点儿，险些儿 He was within an inch of drowning. 他险些儿淹死。within an inch of one's life 差一点儿丧命 He was beaten to within an inch of his life. 他被揍得半死。 |