| 单词 | inch |
| 释义 | inch (ɪntʃ ) Word forms: inches , inching , inched 1. countable noun [num NOUN] An inch is an imperial unit of length, approximately equal to 2.54 centimetres. There are twelve inches in a foot. ...a candy tin 6 inches high and 8 inches in diameter. ...18 inches below the surface. 2. verb To inch somewhere or to inch something somewhere means to move there very slowly and carefully, or to make something do this. ...a climber inching up a vertical wall of rock. [VERB preposition/adverb] He inched the van forward. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] An ambulance inched its way through the crowd. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] 3. every inch phrase [usually PHRASE of noun] If you talk about every inch of an area, you are emphasizing that you mean the whole of it. [emphasis] Every inch of shelf space was crammed with books. We are prepared to fight for every inch of territory. 4. every inch phrase 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. [emphasis] Dressed like that, he looked every inch the well-heeled traveller checking in to yet another hotel. There stood Gertrude, looking every inch a star. 5. inch by inch phrase If someone or something moves inch by inch, they move very slowly and carefully. [emphasis] The car moved forward inch by inch. The police were searching the area inch by inch. Idioms: to within an inch of your life very severely In recent months the journalism profession has been battered to within an inch of its life. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers give someone an inch and they'll take a mile said to mean that if you do a small favour for someone, they will become greedy and ask you to do bigger and bigger favours for them and make you regret doing the first favour Be tough and uncompromising – if you give colleagues an inch, they will take a mile. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers come within an inch of doing something to very nearly do something A driver who comes within an inch of smashing into a tree will nonetheless claim that there is nothing wrong with his eyesight. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: inch ahead Perhaps he was still recovering at the 8th, when he teed off three inches ahead of the allotted markers. Times, Sunday Times He inched ahead on policy, careful not to makes mistakes. Times, Sunday Times None has sold in society-changing numbers, but each product inches ahead. The Times Literary Supplement Whether optical or magnetic, the audio pickup must be located several inches ahead of the projection lamp, shutter and drive sprockets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Over the next few years, construction inched ahead. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He stayed right behind me, never more than a fraction of an inch away. Times, Sunday Times They also have very sensitive tips to their beaks and can detect a worm moving in the sand from an inch away. Times, Sunday Times We were about an inch away from a formal agreement. Times, Sunday Times We are just an inch away from it. Times, Sunday Times She holds her forefinger about an inch away from her thumb. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 英寸, 缓慢地移动 Japanese: インチ, 徐々に動く/徐々に動かす |
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