英语词汇“inchmeal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

inchmeal

/ˈɪntʃmiːl

adverb

By inches; little by little.Not like a lion, not like a lamb, more like a slug: winter is arriving inchmeal in the New York City region....

Trench warfare in Pennsylvania cities is therefore inchmeal, and the results hard to measure.
The warm water moves inchmeal to the east; the coast of America gets slowly but surely a thicker layer of warm water.

Mid 16th century: from inch¹ + -meal from Old English mǣlum, in the sense 'measure, quantity taken at one time'.

单词	inchmeal
释义	inchmeal /ˈɪntʃmiːl / adverb By inches; little by little.Not like a lion, not like a lamb, more like a slug: winter is arriving inchmeal in the New York City region.... Trench warfare in Pennsylvania cities is therefore inchmeal, and the results hard to measure. The warm water moves inchmeal to the east; the coast of America gets slowly but surely a thicker layer of warm water. Origin Mid 16th century: from inch¹ + -meal from Old English mǣlum, in the sense 'measure, quantity taken at one time'.
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