| 释义 |
inchvt., vi.- (使)缓慢地移动
inch (one's way) across [along, etc.] 缓慢地横穿过[沿着…走下去等].
n.（名词 noun）- 吋,英寸（长度单位:=1/12 foot, 2.54 cm; 略 in.）
Give him [knaves] an inch and he [they] will take a mile [a yard, an ell]. 【谚】得寸进尺;对歹徒不能退让,否则他们会得寸进尺. - 【气】英寸（1英寸的降雨[降雪]量、气压的单位）
an inch of rain [snow] 1英寸的雨量[降雪量]. - 水英寸(= water-inch)
- 身长,身高
a man of your inches 和你一般高的一位男士
Men are not to be measured in inches. 【谚】人不能用身高来衡量[不可以貌取人]. - 少许,一点儿,很少
don't give [budge, yield] an inch 寸步不让. - 【苏格兰•爱尔兰】岛,(特指海岸附近的)小岛
- by inches
- 一点一点地,缓慢地
kill by inches 慢慢折磨死. - 险些,好容易才,差一点儿就…(= by an inch)
- every inch
- 在各方面,完全;彻底
know every inch of London 对伦敦瞭 如指掌
every inch a gentleman. 一位地地道道的绅士
- inch by inch
- 一步一步地(= by inches)
- to an inch
- 精确地,分厘不差地
- within an inch of...
- 【口】差一点儿,险些,几乎…
flog sb within an inch of his life 把某人打得半死,把某人打得差点儿送命.
同义: - water-inch水英寸
- by an inch险些,好容易才,差一点儿就…
- by inches一步一步地
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