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Inch Phrase 例:...A Move Slowly 例:He Emphasizing 例:The

单词 inch
音标
英[ɪntʃ] 美[ɪntʃ]
解释
n.英寸(相当于 2。54 厘米,一英尺有12英寸);少量,少许;身高;vt.使缓慢地移动;vi.缓慢移动;渐进;
例句

N-COUNT
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.
例:...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
例:...18 inches below the surface.表面以下 18 英寸

V-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.
例:...a climber inching up a vertical wall of rock...沿一面陡直石壁慢慢往上爬的人
例:He inched the van forward...他一点点向前挪动着货车。

PHRASE
(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.
例:Every inch of shelf space was crammed with books...书架上全都塞满了书。
例: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。

PHRASE
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.
例: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。
例: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。

PHRASE
一点一点地;缓慢地
If someone or something moves inch by inch, they move very slowly and carefully.
例:The car moved forward inch by inch...汽车一点一点地向前移动。
例:The police were searching the area inch by inch.警方在对那个地区进行仔细搜查。
变形
third:inches~done:inched~pl:inches~ing:inching~past:inched~

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