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inch MEASUREMENTIntFn [C]a unit used for measuring length, which is approximately equal to 2.54 centimetres, sometimes shown by the symbol ″英寸Twelve inches are equal to one foot.12英寸等于1英尺。He had a cut an inch long above his left eye.他左眼上方有个1英寸长的伤口。The snow was six inches deep in some places.有些地方雪有6英寸深。I need a piece of wood measuring 2″by 2″.我需要一块两英寸见方的木块。There was an inch or so of snow on the ground this morning, but it had melted by lunchtime.今天早晨地上有1英寸左右的积雪，但到午餐时间已融化了。I avoided the dog by inches (=I very nearly hit the dog).我差一点撞到狗。Detectives are searching the area around the scene of the murder inch by inch (=in a lot of small stages).侦探们在一点一点地搜查谋杀现场周围地区。Every inch (=All) of her bedroom wall is covered with photos of pop stars.她卧室墙上贴满了流行歌曲歌星照片。Caroline knows every inch of London (=She knows London extremely well).卡罗琳非常熟悉伦敦。She looked every inch (=exactly like) a vampire in her costume.她的化装使她看上去非常像一只吸血蝙蝠。She's absolutely certain that she wants to do it, and she'll not budge/give/move an inch (=her opinion won't change) however hard you try to persuade her.她绝对肯定她要做这件事，你无论怎样劝她都不会作丝毫改变。(saying) "Give someone an inch and they'll take a mile" means that if you allow someone a small amount of power or freedom to do something, they'll try to obtain a lot more than you intended.得寸进尺
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