inch
inch
英[ɪntʃ]美[ɪntʃ]
n.英寸（相当于 2.54 厘米，一英尺有12英寸），少量，少许，身高；
vt.使缓慢地移动；
vi.缓慢移动，渐进；
复数：inches;
第三人称单数：inches;
过去式：inched;
过去分词：inched;
现在分词：inching;
例句
It has a tolerance of 0.001 of an inch.允许有0.001英寸的偏差。
The scale of this map is an inch to a mile.这张地图的比例尺是一英寸代表一英里。
The candle grew down until only an inch was left.蜡烛越烧越短, *后只剩下一英寸。
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.错无分大小,有错皆不好出自：英语谚语
The field was laid up in twenty - nine - inch rows for soybeans.这块地被犁成 二十九 英寸宽的垄条,准备种大豆.
A three - inch refractor will give an excellent view as well as showing Titan.一架三英寸的折射望远镜就能看到极好的景象,还可以看出土卫六.
I have a console model with a 25 - inch picture tube.我有一台25英寸映像管的落地式电视机.
My brother has a console model with a 21 - inch picture tube.我弟弟有一台21英寸显像管的落地式电视机.
My brother has console model with a 42 - inch flat square picture tube.我弟弟有一台42英寸的直角平面显象管的落地电视机.
Damage consisted of wall slippages along construction joints that in one case amounted to 3 / 4 inch.破坏包括墙沿着建筑缝滑动,有一处3/4寸.
词组
by inches
only just刚刚，恰好very slowly and gradually; bit by bit缓慢地；一点一点give someone an inch and he (或 she) will take a mi
(proverb)once concessions have been made to someone they will demand a great deal(谚语)得寸进尺(to) within an inch of one's life
almost to the point of death差点儿丧命every inch
In every respect; entirely在每个方面；完全地inch by inch
Very gradually or slowly.循序渐进地或很慢地within an inch of
Almost to the point of几乎达到某一点英语四级真题
The company spent the last five years developing solar panels that are only about a quarter of an inch thick and are strong enough to stand up to heavy highway traffic without breaking or making the roads more slippery.
2017年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
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.
例句
...a candy tin 6 inches high and 8 inches in diameter.高 6 英寸、直径 8 英寸的糖果罐子...18 inches below the surface.表面以下 18 英寸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.
例句
...a climber inching up a vertical wall of rock...沿一面陡直石壁慢慢往上爬的人He inched the van forward...他一点点向前挪动着货车。PHRASE
(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.
例句
Every inch of shelf space was crammed with books...书架上全都塞满了书。We are prepared to fight for every inch of territory.我们时刻准备着为每一寸领土而战。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.
例句
He looks every inch the City businessman...他完全是一副伦敦金融城商界人士的派头。There stood Gertrude, looking every inch a star.格特鲁德站在那里,完全是一副明星的派头。PHRASE
一点一点地;缓慢地
If someone or something moves inch by inch, they move very slowly and carefully.
例句
The car moved forward inch by inch...汽车一点一点地向前移动。The police were searching the area inch by inch.警方在对那个地区进行仔细搜查。英汉词典释义
n.
英寸（相当于 2.54 厘米，一英尺有 12 英寸）
Twelve inches is equal to one foot.12英寸等于1英尺。少量, 短距离
(数量、距离、程度等)少许，少量，些微
[复数]身材；身高，身长；身段
vt. & vi.
(使)缓慢地移动
The worm inched along.那条虫向前蠕动。Prices are inching up.物价在缓慢地上涨vt.
（使朝某方向）谨慎移动
使缓慢地移动；使渐进
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
2. a unit of measurement for advertising space
Verb
1. advance slowly, as if by inches;
"He edged towards the car"行业词典
医学： (缩 in.)英寸，：1／12英尺，1／36码，等于2.54cm；
