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音标发音

英式音标 [ɪn(t)ʃ]
美式音标 [ɪntʃ]
国际音标 [intʃ]
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基本解释

n. 英寸；身高；少许
vt. 使缓慢地移动
vi. 慢慢前进
n. (Inch)人名；(英)英奇

词源解说

直接源自中古英语的ynce；最初源自拉丁语的uncia，意为英尺的十二分之一。

同根派生

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用法辨析

n. (名词)

inch用作名词时,一般为可数名词,表示“英寸(略作in.)”,也可表示距离、程度等的“少许,一点”,一般用单数,还可作“身高,材料”解,此时常用复数。
every inch意思是“完全,彻底”, by inches意思是“只差一点儿,渐渐地”,to an inch的意思是“精确地,丝毫不差地”,within an inch of意思是“差点儿”,这些短语在句中常用作表语。

v. (动词)

inch用作名词时意思为“英寸”,用作动词时则表示“一英寸一英寸地缓慢地移动”。inch用于比喻也可指物价等抽象事物“缓慢变化”。
inch可用作及物动词接简单宾语,也可用作不及物动词。

英汉例句

用作名词 (n.)

A standard bed is six feet three inches long.
标准床的长度是六英尺三英寸。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)

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。

用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

They inched the rock up the slope.
他们一点点地把那块大石头移上坡。

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词组短语

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

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

形容词+～

every inch 彻底
square inch 平方英寸

介词+～

by an inch 差点
by inches 缓慢地,一点一点地,刚刚
die by inches 缓慢死去

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

a unit used for measuring length, approximately equal to 2.54 centimetres, sometimes shown by the symbol ″
to move very slowly or in a lot of short stages

柯林斯英英字典

An inch is an imperial unit of length, approximately equal to 2.54 centimetres. There are twelve inches in a foot.
To inch somewhere means to move there very slowly and carefully, or to make something do this.
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.
a small island

专业释义

能源科学技术

英寸
Based on the mechanism of negative pulse jet assisted drilling and working theory of the self-vibration valve type generator, a negative pulsed generator was developed for drilling 8.5 inch borehole.
在分析了自振阀式负压脉冲调制器的工作原理基础上,设计出了用于钻8.5英寸井眼的负压脉冲射流调制器。
机械工程
寸动
英寸
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