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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 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。
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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。
- 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
give somebody an inch (and they’ll take a mile/yard)
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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
not budge/give/move an inch
to refuse to change your position, decision, etc. even a little 寸步不让
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。