1 N-COUNT [num NOUN] 英寸(约等于 2.54 厘米) An inch is an imperial unit of length, approximately equal to 2.54 centimetres. There are twelve inches in a foot. 英寸(约等于 2.54 厘米)
2 V-ERG (使)缓慢移动 To inch somewhere or to inch something somewhere means to move there very slowly and carefully, or to make something do this. (使)缓慢移动
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...a climber inching up a vertical wall of rock. [VERB prep./adv.]
沿一面陡直石壁慢慢往上爬的人
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He inched the van forward. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
他一点点向前挪动着货车。
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An ambulance inched its way through the crowd. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
救护车在人群中缓慢前进。
3 PHRASE [usually PHRASE of n] [usually PHRASE of n] (某个地方的)全部,每一寸地方 If you talk about every inch of an area, you are emphasizing that you mean the whole of it. (某个地方的)全部,每一寸地方 [emphasis] [emphasis]
4 PHRASE 在各方面;完全;彻底 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. 在各方面;完全;彻底
5 PHRASE 一点一点地;缓慢地 If someone or something moves inch by inch, they move very slowly and carefully. 一点一点地;缓慢地 [emphasis]
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