inch
noun/ɪntʃ/
/ɪntʃ/
Idioms - (abbreviation in.)(in Britain and North America) a unit for measuring length or height, equal to 2.54 centimetres. There are 12 inches in a foot.
英寸（长度单位，等于 2.54 厘米，1 英尺等于 12 英寸） - She's a few inches taller than me.
她比我高几英寸。 - a laptop with a 15-inch screen
配有 15 英寸屏幕的笔记本电脑 - Each image measures 46 x 28 inches.
每张图片尺寸为 46 x 28 英寸。 - a fat envelope about half an inch thick
大约半英寸厚的厚信封 - The snow is about one and a half inches deep.
雪大约有一英寸半深。 - 1.14 inches of rain fell last night.
昨晚的降雨量为 1.14 英寸。 - Every square inch of available land has been built on.
每平方英寸的可用土地都已经建房屋了。 - a metal tube about three inches in diameter
直径约 3 英寸的金属管 - They feed on leaves and may grow to two inches in length.
它们以叶子为食，可以长到两英寸长。 - Since I started jogging I've lost three and a half inches from my waistline.
自从我开始慢跑以来，我的腰围减少了三英寸半。 - inch from something Babies focus best on objects ten inches from their eyes.
婴儿最能集中注意力在距离眼睛十英寸的物体上。
- She's a few inches taller than me.
- a small amount or distance
少量；短距离 - by an inch He escaped death by an inch.
他差点儿丧了命。 - by inches The car missed us by inches.
那辆车险些撞到了我们。 - within an inch of (doing) something 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).
他们险些把他打死。 - inches (away) from something Her face was only inches from mine.
她的脸距我的脸只有几英寸。 - inches (away) from doing something He was just inches away from scoring.
他只差一点儿就得分了。
- by an inch He escaped death by an inch.
Word Originlate Old English ynce, from Latin uncia ‘twelfth part’, from unus ‘one’ (probably denoting a unit). Compare with ounce.
Idioms
every inch
- the whole of something
整体；全部 - The doctor examined every inch of his body.
医生检查了他全身的每一部分。 - (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。
- The doctor examined every inch of his body.
- completely
完全；全面；整体地 - In his first game the young player already looked every inch a winner.
那位年轻的选手在第一局比赛看上去就已经胜券在握了。
- In his first game the young player already looked every inch a winner.
give somebody an inch (and they’ll take a mile/yard)
- (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
inch by inch
- 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。
- She crawled forward inch by inch.
not budge/give/move an inch
- 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。
- We tried to negotiate a lower price but they wouldn't budge an inch.
not trust somebody an inch
- to not trust somebody at all
对…根本不相信 - He says he just wants to help you but I wouldn’t trust him an inch if I were you.
他说他只是想帮帮你，可我要是你的话，绝对不会相信他。
- He says he just wants to help you but I wouldn’t trust him an inch if I were you.