Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense inches, present participle inching, past tense, past participle inched
1N-COUNT [num NOUN]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. 英寸(约等于 2.54 厘米)
...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
2V-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. (使)缓慢移动
...a climber inching up a vertical wall of rock. [VERB prep./adv.]
沿一面陡直石壁慢慢往上爬的人
He inched the van forward. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
他一点点向前挪动着货车。
An ambulance inched its way through the crowd. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
救护车在人群中缓慢前进。
3PHRASE [usually PHRASEof n] [usually PHRASEof n](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. (某个地方的)全部,每一寸地方 [emphasis] [emphasis]
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。
4PHRASE 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. 在各方面;完全;彻底
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。
5PHRASE 一点一点地;缓慢地 If someone or something moves inch by inch, they move very slowly and carefully. 一点一点地;缓慢地 [emphasis]