单词：inches
n a unit of measurement for advertising space
v advance slowly, as if by inches
inch的用法和样例：
例句
- She shortened the shirt by an inch.她把衬衫截短了一英寸。
- The candle grew down until only an inch was left.蜡烛越来越短,最后只剩下一英寸了。
- There was an inch of snow on the ground.地上积着一英寸厚的白雪。
- They climbed the steep mountain inch by inch.他们一点一点地攀上那座陡峭的山。
- The car missed me by inches.那辆汽车差一点儿撞著我。
- Prices are inching down.物价在慢慢下降。
- Our troops inched their way along the mine-filled road.我们的部队在沿着布满地雷的路上一步一步地向前挪动。
- Negotiations between residents and developers continued to inch along.居民与开发商之间的谈判正在缓慢取得进展。
- His legs are too long for his inches.就他的身高而言，他的腿太长了。
常见句型
- A standard bed is six feet three inches long.标准床的长度是六英尺三英寸。
- What is the best way to harden off new rose bushes only a few inches high?要想使只有几英寸高的玫瑰长壮以移植户外,什么办法最好?
- The house can be insulated from cold with about four inches of this special plastic.这种特种塑料有4英寸左右厚就可以挡住屋外的寒气。
- Snowfall averages out in this part of the country at twenty inches a year.我国这个地区每年的平均降雪量为20英寸。
- Our house has settled several inches since it was built.房子建成以来已经下沉了好几英寸。
- Would you saw me a piece of board two inches by one?请给我锯一块长两英寸、宽一英寸的小板好吗?
- How many imperial inches are there in one metric centimetre?—Naught point three nine three seven inches.一厘米等于多少英寸?——等于0.397英寸。
- Two inches isn't very long.两寸并不长。
- The warship was armed with 16-inch guns.战舰配有16英寸口径大炮。
- This ruler has one scale in centimetres and another in inches.这把尺子有厘米和英寸两种刻度。
- He refused to concede an inch.他一步也不退让。
- They couldn't see an inch before them in the dark.在黑暗中,他们一点儿也看不见前边。
- If you feel that you're right, stick to your guns, and don't let anyone persuade you to budge an inch.如果你认为自己是正确的,就坚持己见,别让人使你动摇分毫。
- His legs are too long for his inches.就他的身高而言,他的腿太长。
- In inches he was not a giant.论身材,他不是巨人。
- The bus just shaved me by inches.公共汽车从我身边擦过。
- Kill him by inches.把他慢慢地折磨死。
- He knows every inch of the land here.他对这里的土地了如指掌。
- We request that every inch of land should be cultivated.我们要求每一寸土地得到耕种。
- The soldiers were inching along a ledge on a cliff.战士们正在悬崖的突出部分匍匐而行。
- He inched across the high roof.他艰难地挪过了那房顶。
- Prices are inching down物价正逐步下降。
- They inched the rock up the slope.他们一点点地把那块大石头移上坡。
- The mountaineers inched their ways up the snowcapped peak.登山运动员一步一步地攀登积雪的山峰。
常用短语
- 一步一步地 step by step
词汇搭配
- not give an inch一动也不动,毫不改变主意
- not see an inch beyond one's nose目光短浅
- every inch完全地,十足地
- square inch平方英寸
- by an inch差点
- by inches缓慢地,一点一点地,刚刚
- die by inches缓慢死去
- inch by inch一点一点地,渐渐地
- to an inch丝毫不差地,精确地
- within an inch of几乎,险些
- inch one's way一步步往前走
- inch the rock一点点挪石头
- inch down逐步下降
- inch across艰难地挪
- inch along沿…匍匐而行
经典引文
Jonas Kindred..Was six feet high, and look'd six inches higher.
出自：G. CrabbeA useful map..on the scale of 25 miles to one inch.
出自：L. D. StampHe inched along the path, with shuffling steps.
出自：W. GoldingThe man inched his way across the face of the building.
出自：M. Shadbolt
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