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inch

noun
/ɪntʃ/
/ɪntʃ/
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  1. (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 screen15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.每一平方英寸的可用土地都已被开发。
    • a metal tube about three inches in diameter直径约三英寸的金属管
    • 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,我的腰围已经减少了3.5英寸。
    • inch from something Babies focus best on objects ten inches from their eyes.婴儿最关注距离眼睛十英寸的物体。
    see also column inchTopics Maths and measurementb2
  2. 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.她的脸离我只有几英寸。
    • inches (away) from doing something He was just inches away from scoring.他只差一点儿就得分了。
  3. Word Originlate Old English ynce, from Latin uncia ‘twelfth part’, from unus ‘one’ (probably denoting a unit). Compare with ounce.
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every inch
  1. 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。
  2. completely完全地
    • 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。
give somebody an inch (and they’ll take a mile/yard)
  1. (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
  1. 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。
not budge/give/move an inch
  1. 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。
    Topics Preferences and decisionsc2
not trust somebody an inch
  1. 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。

inch

verb
/ɪntʃ/
/ɪntʃ/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they inch
/ɪntʃ/
/ɪntʃ/
he / she / it inches
/ˈɪntʃɪz/
/ˈɪntʃɪz/
past simple inched
/ɪntʃt/
/ɪntʃt/
past participle inched
/ɪntʃt/
/ɪntʃt/
-ing form inching
/ˈɪntʃɪŋ/
/ˈɪntʃɪŋ/
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  1. to move or make something move slowly and carefully in a particular direction(使朝某方向)谨慎移动
    • + adv./prep. She moved forward, inching towards the rope.她小心翼翼地慢慢向绳子挪过去。
    • She inched cautiously towards the edge of the cliff.她小心翼翼地慢慢向悬崖边挪过去。
    • The cat inched a little closer.那只猫慢慢靠近了一点。
    • inch something + adv./prep. I inched the car forward.我开着车一点一点往前挪。
    • He inched his way through the narrow passage.他一点一点地穿过狭窄的通道。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryInch is used with these nouns as the object:
    • way
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    Word Originlate Old English ynce, from Latin uncia ‘twelfth part’, from unus ‘one’ (probably denoting a unit). Compare with ounce.

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