单词 | by inches |
释义 | by inches (once / 10814 pages) adv WORD FAMILY by inches USAGE EXAMPLESIn a league built on games decided by inches and fractions of a second, four such instances are problematic. Washington Post(Nov 24, 2016) As cars idle in endless queues, scooters slalom past, missing by inches. The Guardian(Nov 23, 2016) The rod, which was at least two feet long, slammed into Wyatt’s windshield, impaling itself through the glass, missing Wyatt by inches. Washington Times(Oct 12, 2016) adv by a short distance they moved it by inches Syn by small degrees, little by little |
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