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inch

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inch1 /ɪntʃ/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [countableC]  
1 (written abbreviation in British EnglishBrE or in. American EnglishAmE)TM a unit for measuring length, equal to 2.54 centimetres. There are 12 inches in a foot 英寸〔长度单位,等于2.54 厘米。1英尺为12英寸〕
 The curtains were an inch too short.
窗帘短了一英寸。
 Rainfall here is under 15 inches a year.
本地的年降雨量不到15英寸。
a one-/two-/three- etc inch something
 a six-inch nail
六英寸长的钉子
2 LITTLE/NOT MUCHa very small distance 很短的距离
 Derek leaned closer, his face only inches from hers.
德里克靠得更近了,他的脸几乎贴到她的脸上。
 The bus missed us by inches.
公共汽车差一点就撞着我们了。
 On several occasions, they came within inches of death.
有几次他们都险些丧命。
3 every inch 
a) COMPLETEcompletely or in every way 完全地;不折不扣地
 With her designer clothes and elegant hair, she looks every inch the celebrity.
她穿着著名设计师设计的服装,发型优雅,看起来完全像个名人。
b) EVERYWHEREthe whole of an area or distance 〔某地区的〕全部;全程
every inch of
 Every inch of space in the tiny shop was crammed with goods.
这家小商店的每一寸地方都塞满了商品。
 Italy deserved to win, though Greece made them fight every inch of the way.
意大利队应该获胜,虽然在希腊队的逼迫下,他们全局打得都很艰苦。
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4. give somebody an inch and they’ll take a yard/mile WATCHused to say that, if you allow someone a little freedom or power, they will try to take more 某人会得寸进尺
5 inch by inch SLOWmoving very gradually and slowly 〔移动〕一点一点地,缓慢地
 Inch by inch, he lowered himself from the roof.
他慢慢地从屋顶下来。
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6 not give/budge an inch REFUSEto refuse to change your decision or opinion, even though people are trying to persuade you to do this 寸步不让
 Neither side is prepared to give an inch in the negotiations.
双方都无意在谈判中作丝毫让步。
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7 beat/thrash etc somebody to within an inch of their life BEAT/DEFEATto beat someone very hard and thoroughly 痛打某人,狠揍某人
 Another word out of you and I’ll beat you to within an inch of your life.
再说一句,我就揍死你。
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inch2 verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]  
SLOWto move very slowly in a particular direction, or to make something do this (使)缓慢移动
 I inched forward along the ground.
我贴着地面缓慢向前挪动。
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From Longman Business Dictionary
inchinch /ɪntʃ/ noun [countableC]
a unit for measuring length, equal to 2.54 centimetres
Origin inch1
(1000-1100) Latin uncia one twelfth
inch1 nouninch2 verb
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