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单词 inch
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inch

noun
 
/ɪntʃ/
/ɪntʃ/
Idioms
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  1.  
    (abbreviation in.)
    (in Britain and North America) a unit for measuring length or height, equal to 2.54 centimetres. There are 12 inches in a foot.
    • She's a few inches taller than me.
    • a laptop with a 15-inch screen
    • Each image measures 46 x 28 inches.
    • a fat envelope about half an inch thick
    • The snow is about one and a half inches deep.
    • 1.14 inches of rain fell last night.
    • Every square inch of available land has been built on.
    • a metal tube about three inches in diameter
    • They feed on leaves and may grow to two inches in length.
    • Since I started jogging I've lost three and a half inches from my waistline.
    • inch from something Babies focus best on objects ten inches from their eyes.
    see also column inchTopics Maths and measurementb2
  2.  
    a small amount or distance
    • by an inch He escaped death by an inch.
    • by inches The car missed us by inches.
    • within an inch of (doing) something She was within an inch of being killed.
    • They beat him (to) within an inch of his life (= very severely).
    • inches (away) from something Her face was only inches from mine.
    • inches (away) from doing something He was just inches away from scoring.
  3. Word Originlate Old English ynce, from Latin uncia ‘twelfth part’, from unus ‘one’ (probably denoting a unit). Compare with ounce.
Idioms
every inch
  1. the whole of something
    • The doctor examined every inch of his body.
    • (figurative) If they try to fire me I'll fight them every inch of the way.
  2. completely
    • In his first game the young player already looked every inch a winner.
give somebody an inch (and they’ll take a mile/yard)
  1. (saying) used to say that if you allow some people a small amount of freedom or power they will see you as weak and try to take a lot more
inch by inch
  1. very slowly and with great care or difficulty
    • She crawled forward inch by inch.
not budge/give/move an inch
  1. to refuse to change your position, decision, etc. even a little
    • We tried to negotiate a lower price but they wouldn't budge an inch.
    Topics Preferences and decisionsc2
not trust somebody an inch
  1. to not trust somebody at all
    • He says he just wants to help you but I wouldn’t trust him an inch if I were you.

inch

verb
/ɪntʃ/
/ɪntʃ/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they inch
/ɪntʃ/
/ɪntʃ/
he / she / it inches
/ˈɪntʃɪz/
/ˈɪntʃɪz/
past simple inched
/ɪntʃt/
/ɪntʃt/
past participle inched
/ɪntʃt/
/ɪntʃt/
-ing form inching
/ˈɪntʃɪŋ/
/ˈɪntʃɪŋ/
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  1. to move or make something move slowly and carefully in a particular direction
    • + adv./prep. She moved forward, inching towards the rope.
    • She inched cautiously towards the edge of the cliff.
    • The cat inched a little closer.
    • inch something + adv./prep. I inched the car forward.
    • He inched his way through the narrow passage.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryInch is used with these nouns as the object:
    • way
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    Word Originlate Old English ynce, from Latin uncia ‘twelfth part’, from unus ‘one’ (probably denoting a unit). Compare with ounce.
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