英语释义

1. a unit of length equal to 1/?? yard — see Weights and Measures Table

2. a small amount, distance, or degree
is like cutting a dog's tail off by inches
— Milton Friedman

3. stature, height

4. a fall (as of rain or snow) sufficient to cover a surface or to fill a gauge to the depth of one inch

5. a degree of atmospheric or other pressure sufficient to balance the weight of a column of liquid (such as mercury) one inch high in a barometer or manometer

6. a small advantage especially from lenient or compassionate treatment —usually used in the phrase give an inch

7. to the utmost degree
looks every inch a winner

8. very gradually or slowly

9. almost to the point of
came within an inch of succeeding

10. to move by small degrees progress slowly
the long line of people inching up the stairs

11. to cause to move slowly
sooner or later they begin inching prices back up
— Forbes

12. island

13. to move very slowly or by a small amount in a specified direction or manner

14. a unit of length equal to 1/?? yard (2.54 centimeters)

15. to move a little bit at a time We inched to the ticket counter.

16. a unit of length equal to 1/?? yard or 2.54 centimeters

片语

progress by inch一点一点地

Then Inch By Inch一寸被寸

auction by inch of candle刻烛拍卖

inch-by-inch search地毯式搜索

by inch of candle通过拍卖

by inch of通过拍卖

piece by piece逐渐地

Inch by inch slowly渐渐

by an inch差点

inch by逐渐地；一步一步地

英汉例句

• it stands high above the masses at the beginning, but gradually it comes down inch by inch and loses the chance of going up.

  这种人就像山上的水，刚开始的时候，是高高在上，但逐渐逐渐地它就越来越下降，再没有一个上升的机会。

• inch by inch a new texture of privacy is being created on facebook; soon the path of least resistence will be for all of our content to flow out to everyone.

  渐渐的，facebook形成了一个新的隐私策略；很快我们的内容就会沿着毫无阻隔的路径流出，面向所有人。

• i have cut my hair cut worry not loved bifurcation short long inch by inch cut my hair in earning has cut the punishment to my embarrassment repeatedly clearly make a clean break with you so you lie.

  我已剪短我的发剪断了牵挂地不被爱的分岔短短短，青岛美发团购网短长长一寸一寸在挣已剪短我的发剪断了惩罚地伤透我的尴尬反反覆覆清清楚楚一刀两断你的情话你的谎话。

• i saw the sun set down inch by inch in the courtyard.

  我在院子里看到太阳慢慢地落下去。

• fortunately we have good river water which we can cart in from upstream while the drilling – inch by inch – continues.

  还好，在鉆井一英寸一英寸向前推进时，还有水质很好的河水可用，我们用车从上游运水过来。

• he worked his way inch by inch to the top of the company.

  他一步一步地坐上了公司的头把交椅。

• he killed the man inch by inch .

  他把那个人慢慢地折磨死了。

• the scene of long queues of vehicles worming their way inch by inch will surely impair the international image of our country.

  长龙般的车辆在公路上徐徐蜗行肯定会影响我国的国际形象。

• inch by inch it slowly fills, creating a lake the length of arizona, an inland se sea in the middle of china.

  水位一英尺一英尺上升，形成有亚利桑那州长的湖泊。

• the idea developed inch by inch in his mind until he perfected it.

  他的思想慢慢地形成直至最后完善。

• such kind of people are just like the water on the mountain. it stands high above the masses at the beginning, but gradually 15 it comes down inch by inch and loses the chance of going up.

  这种人就像山上的水，刚开始的时候，是高高在上，但逐渐逐渐地它就越来越下降，再没有一个上升的机会。

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