inch

过去式：

动词过去式: inched

更多词形：

动词过去式: inched | 动词过去分词: inched | 动词现在分词: inching | 动词第三人称单数: inches |

单词例句：

They climbed the steep mountain inch by inch.

他们一点一点地攀上那座陡峭的山。

He's a dodgy bloke I wouldn't trust him an inch.

他是个诡计多端的家伙——我一点都不相信他。

He was every inch drenched.

他浑身湿透。

A unit of length equal to one thousandth(10-3) of an inch(0.0254 millimeter), used, for example, to specify the diameter of wire or the thickness of materials sold in sheets.

密耳长度单位，等于一英寸的千分之一(10－3)(0.0254毫米), 如用来标明电线的直径或按页出售的材料的厚度。

Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.

得寸进尺。

The bus just shaved me by an inch.

那辆公共汽车从我身边掠过，离我只有一英寸。

The soldiers contested every inch of ground.

士兵们为争夺每一寸土地而斗争。

He was dressed in a quiet grey suit and looked very well bred and every inch a gentleman.

他身着素灰色套装，看上去很有涵养，一副绅士派头。

A printer's unit of type size, equal to 12 points or about 1/6 of an inch.

12点活字打印机铅字大小的单位，相当于12点或大约1／6英寸。