inch [ intʃ] n.英寸
inch [intʃ] n. 英寸
An thch of gold will not buy an inch of time.
寸金难买寸光阴。
a pendulum with a 3-inch swing
摆幅为3英寸的钟摆
The new battleship shall be armed with 16-inch guns.
新战舰将以16英寸口径的大炮武装起来。
1米80左右。
About one-hundred-eighty centimeters. *美国不用公制单位，而用foot英尺计算(1英尺大约30厘米，复数是feet；1英大约是2.5厘米，复数是inches)。
我身高5英尺3寸。
I'm five feet three inches tall.
I'm 5′3″ tall.
I'm five three. *口语中常用这种省略说法。
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
错无分大小，有错皆不好。
Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches.
罪恶来时，尺进寸退。
The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high.
舌头虽只三寸长，但能杀害六尺汉。
Most men hate to shop. That＇s why the men＇s department is usually on the first floor of a department store, two inches from the door.
大多数男人厌恶购物。这就是为什么男士用品部通常位于百货公司的一层,距离大门只有两英寸。
If a man prepares dinner for you and the salad contains three or more types of lettuce, he really cares about you.
如果一个男人为你做饭,并且在沙拉里有3种以上的生菜的话,他是真的在乎你。
@@@ 一点
a bite to eat (随便吃的)一点儿东西, 一口
a grain of truth 一点儿可信的东西; 一丝真理
by inches 一点一点地
far from 一点儿也不; 根本不是
I'll say. 一点也没错.
in no way 决不, 一点也不
not at all 一点儿也不; 没关系, 别客气
You can say that again! & You said it! 一点没错, 说得对极了!
@@@ 一点儿
a bite to eat (随便吃的)一点儿东西, 一口
a grain of truth 一点儿可信的东西; 一丝真理
by inches 一点一点地
far from 一点儿也不; 根本不是
fix a snack 吃点零食, 随便吃点东西
I'll say. 一点也没错.
in no way 决不, 一点也不
not at all 一点儿也不; 没关系, 别客气
sort of sth. 有点儿, 有几分
You can say that again! & You said it! 一点没错, 说得对极了!
"I really wanted to try out for the basketball team when I was in college. But the cards were stacked against me: I'm only five feet six inches tall and everybody else was six-two or even taller."
“当我上大学的时候，我真想参加篮球队。可是，那不可能，因为我身高只有一米六多，而其他人都至少有一米八。”
- give someone an inch and he'll take a mile 得寸进尺
Give my roommate an inch and he'll take a mile. Last time, I offered him some candies. Today, he asked for an ice-cream.
寸 [cùn] /a unit of length/inch/thumb/
得寸进尺 [dé cùn jìn chǐ] /literal: get an inch, want a foot/figurative: given an inch, want a mile/
英寸 [yīng cùn] /(English) inch/
Feeling threatened, companies responded by writing ever-longer warning labels, trying to anticipate every possible accident.
公司因此感到了威胁，便做出了反应，写出越来越长的警示标识语，力图预先标明种种可能发生的事故。
Today, stepladders carry labels several inches long that warn, among other things, that you might — surprised! — fall off.
现在，梯子上警告标签有几英寸长，除了警告你其他可能发生的意外情况外，还警告你可能会摔下来，简直是莫名其妙！
The label on a child's Batman cape cautions that the toy "does not enable user to fly."
印在儿童编幅侠披风上的标识语竟然也告诫说，本玩具“无法让用户飞行”。
{adj: .22 caliber, .22-caliber, .22 calibre, .22-calibre} of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures twenty-two hundredths of an inch in diameter
"a .22 caliber pistol"
{adj: .38 caliber, .38-caliber, .38 calibre, .38-calibre} of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures thirty-eight hundredths of an inch in diameter
"a .38 caliber shell"
{adj: .45 caliber, .45-caliber, .45 calibre, .45-calibre} of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures forty-five hundredths of an inch in diameter
{adj: thick} not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
"an inch thick"
"a thick board"
"a thick sandwich"
"spread a thick layer of butter"
"thick coating of dust"
"thick warm blankets"
<-> thin
{adv: astern} (of a ship or an airplane) behind
"we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide"
{adv: by inches, little by little, by small degrees} by a short distance
"they moved it by inches"
{adv: every inch} in every way; completely
"he was every inch a statesman"
{adv: in fact, in point of fact, as a matter of fact} in reality or actuality
"in fact, it was a wonder anyone survived"
"painters who are in fact anything but unsophisticated"
"as a matter of fact, he is several inches taller than his father"
{adv: through} in diameter
"this cylinder measures 15 inches through"
{n: Albatrellus dispansus} a rare fungus having a large (up to 14 inches wide) yellow fruiting body with multiple individual caps and a broad central stalk and a fragrant odor
{n: Frisbee} a light plastic disk about 10 inches in diameter; sailed with a flip of the wrist for recreation or competition
{n: Lilliputian} a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift
{n: Neolentinus ponderosus} a gilled polypore with a large cap (up to 15 inches in diameter) and a broad stalk; edible when young and tender
{n: Pacific giant salamander, Dicamptodon ensatus} large (to 7 inches) salamander of western North America
{n: acre inch} one twelfth of an acre-foot
{n: agate line, line} space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising
{n: album, record album} one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audio tape and compact disc
{n: big-cone spruce, big-cone douglas fir, Pseudotsuga macrocarpa} douglas fir of California having cones 4-8 inches long
{n: bits per inch, bpi} a measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium
{n: board foot} the volume of a piece of wood 1 foot square and 1 inch thick
{n: broad gauge} a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard 56.5 inches
{n: bunya bunya, bunya bunya tree, Araucaria bidwillii} Australian conifer bearing two-inch seeds tasting like roasted chestnuts; among the aborigines the tree is hereditary property protected by law
{n: bushel} a United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches
{n: clingfish} very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc.
{n: column inch, inch} a unit of measurement for advertising space
{n: common wallaby, Macropus agiles} height 30 inches
{n: conodont} small (2 inches long) extinct eellike fish with a finned tail and a notochord and having cone-shaped teeth containing cellular bone; late Cambrian to late Triassic; possible predecessor of the cyclostomes
{n: cubic inch, cu in} the volume equal to a cube one inch on each side
{n: deepwater pipefish, Cosmocampus profundus} 8 inches; from eastern Florida to western Caribbean
{n: driftfish} small (6 inches) tropical butterfishes found worldwide
{n: dwarf pipefish, Syngnathus hildebrandi} small (4 inches) fish found off Florida gulf coast
{n: eightpenny nail} a nail 2.5 inches long
{n: em, pica em, pica} a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing
{n: fistmele} about seven inches; the breadth of a fist with the thumb stuck out (used especially in archery to give the correct distance of the string from the bow)
{n: fluidounce, fluid ounce} a British imperial unit of capacity or volume (liquid or dry) equal to 8 fluid drams or 28.416 cubic centimeters (1.734 cubic inches)
{n: fluidounce, fluid ounce} a United States unit of capacity or volume equal to 1.804 cubic inches
{n: foot, ft} a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
"he is six feet tall"
{n: footprint} the area taken up by some object
"the computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches"
{n: fourpenny nail} a nail 1.5 inches long
{n: genip, Spanish lime} round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp; eaten like grapes
{n: graduation} a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement
"the ruler had 16 graduations per inch"
{n: hand} a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses
"the horse stood 20 hands"
{n: inch, in} a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
{n: jacksmelt, Atherinopsis californiensis} a relatively large silversides of the Pacific coast of North America (known to reach 18 inches in length)
{n: kirpan} a ceremonial four-inch curved dagger that Sikh men are obliged to wear at all times
{n: lap, overlap} a flap that lies over another part
"the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches"
{n: ligne} a linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons
{n: little skate, Raja erinacea} most plentiful skate in North American inshore waters in summer; to 21 inches
{n: mangosteen} two- to three-inch tropical fruit with juicy flesh suggestive of both peaches and pineapples
{n: mesh} the number of opening per inch of a screen; measures size of particles
"a 100 mesh screen"
"100 mesh powdered cellulose"
{n: military pace} the length of a single step in marching (taken to be 30 inches for quick time or 36 inches for double time)
{n: mil} a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire)
{n: narrow gauge} a railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard 56.5 inches
{n: pachycephalosaur, pachycephalosaurus} bipedal herbivore having 10 inches of bone atop its head; largest boneheaded dinosaur ever found
{n: peck} a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
{n: pint, dry pint} a United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches
{n: pixel, pel, picture element} (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot)
"the greater the number of pixels per inch the greater the resolution"
{n: poacher, sea poacher, sea poker} small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters
{n: point} a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
{n: pounds per square inch, psi} a unit of pressure
{n: precipitation} the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time
"the storm brought several inches of precipitation"
{n: puck, hockey puck} a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey
{n: quart, dry quart} a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches
{n: quarter plate} a photographic plate measuring 3.25 inches by 4.25 inches
{n: resolution} (computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture
{n: scarlet runner, scarlet runner bean, runner bean, English runner bean} long bean pods always sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain
{n: shrinking, shrinkage} process or result of becoming less or smaller
"the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage"
{n: sixpenny nail} a nail 2 inches long
{n: span} a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)
{n: square inch, sq in} a unit of area equal to one inch by one inch square
{n: standard gauge} railroad track having the standard width of 56.5 inches
{n: stickleback, prickleback} small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
{n: stock} lumber used in the construction of something
"they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter"
{n: tape, tapeline, tape measure} measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths
"the carpenter should have used his tape measure"
{n: tenpenny nail} a nail 3 inches long
{n: thorny skate, Raja radiata} cold-water bottom fish with spines on the back; to 40 inches
{n: towel rail, towel bar} a horizontal bar a few inches from a wall for holding towels
{n: two-by-four} a timber measuring (slightly under) 2 inches by 4 inches in cross section
{n: utahraptor, superslasher} large (20-ft) and swift carnivorous dinosaur having an upright slashing claw 15 inches long on each hind foot; early Cretaceous
{n: zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha} inch long mollusk imported accidentally from Europe; clogs utility inlet pipes and feeds on edible freshwater mussels
{v: change, exchange, commute, convert} exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
"Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"
"He changed his name"
"convert centimeters into inches"
"convert holdings into shares"
{v: draw} require a specified depth for floating
"This boat draws 70 inches"
{v: edge, inch} advance slowly, as if by inches
"He edged towards the car"
{v: measure} have certain dimensions
"This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches"
{v: shorten} make short or shorter
"shorten the skirt"
"shorten the rope by a few inches"
Lynx paws, three to four inches wide, act like snowshoes, and the signature ear tufts amplify sound--like the scurrying of unlucky rabbits ' feet over snow during a nocturnal hunt.
山猫的爪子约有三至四英寸宽，起着雪鞋的作用，它那极富特性的耳旁冠毛可放大声响－比如倒楣的雪兔在夜间受到捕猎时，双脚在雪地上发出的急促奔跑声。
So young, tight-lipped Sheppard, still in his teens, only five feet four inches tall, and very slender and pale, became a petty thief, then a highwayman, with no future to hope for except the gallows or rival's bullet.
年纪轻轻、沉默寡言的谢泼德，身高仅有五英尺四英寸，身材瘦削，脸色苍白，尚未成年就成了行窃好手，继而拦路抢劫。除了绞刑架或对手的枪弹外，他没有未来可以期待。
The iBook's antenna runs around the system's 12-inch active-matrix screen.
iBook 的天线分布在系统的 12英寸有源矩阵显示屏的周围。
A year before, as a sophomore at the Ohio State, I'd set the world's record of 26 feet 8 1/4 inches.
一年前，我在俄亥俄州上大学二年级时，就创下了 26英尺 81英寸的世界纪录。
On the first of my three qualifying jumps, I leaped from several inches beyond the takeoff board for a foul.
预赛三跳中的第一跳，我踏过起跳板几英寸犯了规。
An inch taller than I, he had a lean, muscular frame, clear blue eyes, blond hair and a strikingly handsome face.
他比我高一英寸，身材修长，肌肉结实，蓝蓝的眼睛，金黄的头发，还长着一张异常英俊的面孔。
" Look, " he said. " Why don't you draw a line a few inches behind the board and aim at making your take-off from there?
"看， "他说。 "你为什么不在踏板后面几英寸的地方划一道线，然后就从那儿起跳呢？
You'll be sure not to foul, and you certainly ought to jump far enough to qualify.
你肯定不会犯规，而且足可以跳进决赛。
What does it matter if you 're not first in the trials?
预赛得不到第一又有什么关系呢？
Tomorrow is what counts. "
明天的才算数。 "
I remember that at the instant I landed from my final jump--the one which set the Olympic record of 26 feet 5 1/16 inches--he was at my side, congratulating me.
我记得我最后一跳着地那一瞬间－一那刻我创造了 26英尺 51英寸的奥运会纪录－他来到我旁边，向我祝贺。
I kept closing the gap between my car and my brother's truck, inching toward the reassuring glow of the taillights like a frightened sheep following a shepherd.
我尽量缩小与弟弟的卡车的距离，缓缓地移动，盯住他的尾灯，心中才赂有一丝安慰，就像一只吓坏了的小羊紧跟在羊馆的屁股后面一样。
I wanted to join them there but I could not bring myself to steer to the right, toward the edge. Instead I kept inching to the left, going slower and slower in the passing lane, trying to hug the mountain wall.
我想加入到他们中间，可自己就是不听使唤，不但不能开向靠崖一侧的右边，反而不停地向左边峭壁上挤。车在通道上越走越慢，车身快要贴住峭壁了。
I knew that all I had to do was inch the steering wheel to the left and keep pace with traffic, but my arms were rigid.
我心里明白，我必须尽力行驶在左侧并与其他车辆保持同速，可我双臂僵硬。
After the two capsules came together, American astronaut Thomas Stafford inched through a special passageway built to link the crafts, finally grasping the extended hand of Soviet cosmonaut Alexey Leonov.
在两个太空舱对接到一起之后，美国宇航员托马斯·斯塔福德一点一点地通过一条专门修建用来连接两只飞船的通道，最终紧紧握住了苏联宇航员阿列克塞·列昂诺夫伸过来的一只手。
The thin 20-ounce computer drapes across your torso, sending information to an eyepiece that simulates the view of a 14-inch screen.
这种重 20盎司的薄薄的电脑可以缠在你的胸部，把信息传递到一个目镜，而目镜能模拟一个 14英寸的显示屏显示的图像。
One cubic inch of nanotube circuitry would be 1 million times more powerful than the human brain, at least in raw processing power.
一立方英寸的毫微管电路将比人脑强大 100万倍，至少是在原始数处理能力方面。
Commuters will drive down the highway at 120 m.p.h., with only a few inches between their car and the next.
上班族们将以每小时 120英里的速度驾车疾驶在高速公路上，而他们车之间的间隔只有几英寸。
At one point, it represents the sun, while smaller spheres, from a few inches to a few feet across, portray the eight planets.
在某个地方，球代表太阳，而直径从几英寸到几英尺不等的小球则代表八大行星。
Although super-jumbos, double-decker aircraft capable of carrying up to 850 passengers, are being discussed by aviation executives with vast enthusiasm, anyone who flies a lot knows that airlines wring every dollar they can out of their available inches.
超大型能够运载 850名旅客的双层飞机，虽然飞机制造公司的经理们正在热烈地讨论着，可是，任何经常坐飞机的人都明白，航空公司都要从机舱中可用的空间挤出尽量多的收入。
Normally, a family group would be defended by the dominant male standing up, screaming, beating his chest and displaying his three-inch incisors.
通常情况下，属于一个家族的一群大猩猩由一只领头的雄性猩猩保护，遇到情况它会立起身子，尖叫着，以手捶胸，还露出他三寸长的门牙。
Most of them are less than an inch thick and weigh less than three pounds.
这些型号大部分都不到一英寸厚，重量也不到 3磅。
The Pro is lighter and cheaper, but I'd buy the Tripad. It weighs 3.2 pounds, has a larger( 9.4 inch) screen and a more convenient keyboard.
Pro 型膝上电脑重量较轻，也更便宜些，可是，我倒想要买 Tripad ，因为这种电脑重 3.2磅，屏幕稍大些（ 9.4英寸），还有一个普通键盘。
To measure a length accurately to within a millionth of an inch, we must have a measure graduated in millionths of an inch; a yardstick graduated in inches is useless.
若想将某一物体的长度精确地予以测量，误差不超出一英寸的百万分之一，我们便必须拥有一种量具，该量具可将一英寸分成一百万份并标刻出度数来，而以英寸为单位标刻出度数的尺码是毫无用处的。
Quanta with a wavelength of one inch would be, in a sense, measures that are graduated in inches.
带有一英寸波长的量子，在某种意义上，相等于以英寸为单位标刻出度数的量具。
IN. INCH 英寸
P.S.I. PER SQUARE INCH 每平方英寸
S.P.I. STITCH PER INCH 每英寸线迹数
cu.in.;cb.in. cubic inch 立方寸
in. inch 英寸;interest 利息
sq.in. square inch 平方英寸
Linear Measure 长度单位:
1 inch 英寸=25.4 millimetres 毫米
1 foot 英尺=12 inches 英寸=0.3048 metre 米
1 yard 码=3 feet 英尺=0.9144 metre 米
1 (statute) mile 英里=1760 yards 码=1.609 kilometres 千米
1 nautical mile 海里=1852 m. 米
Square Measure 面积单位:
1 square inch 平方英寸=6.45 sq.centimetres 平方厘米
1 square foot 平方英尺=144 sq.in.平方英寸=9.29 sq.decimetres 平方分米
1 square yard 平方码=9 sq.ft. 平方英尺=0.836 sq.metre 平方米
1 acre 英亩=4840 sq.yd.平方码=0.405 hectare 公顷
1 square mile 平方英里=640 acres 英亩=259 hectares 公顷
Cubic Measure 体积单位:
1 cubic inch 立方英寸=16.4 cu.centimetres 立方厘米
1 cubic foot 立方英尺=1728 cu.in. 立方英寸=0.0283 cu.metre 立方米
1 cubic yard 立方码=27 cu.ft. 立方英尺=0.765 cu.metre 立方米
Linear Measure 长度单位:
1 millimetre 毫米=0.03937 inch 英寸
1 centimetre 厘米=10 mm. 毫米=0.3937 inch 英寸
1 decimetre 分米=10 cm. 厘米=3.937 inches 英寸
1 metre 米=10 dm. 分米=1.0936 yards 码=3.2808 feet 英尺
1 decametre 十米=10 m. 米=10.936 yards 码
1 hectometre 百米=100 m. 米=109.4 yards 码
1 kilometre 千米=1000 m. 米=0.6214 mile 英里
1 mile marin 海里=1852 m. 米=1.1500 mile 英里
Square Measure 面积单位:
1 square centimetre 平方厘米=0.155 sq.inch 平方英寸
1 square metre 平方米=1.196 sq.yards 平方码
1 are 公亩=100 square metres 平方米=119.6 sq.yards 平方码
1 hectare 公顷=100 ares 公亩=2.471 acres 英亩
1 square kilometre 平方公里=0.386 sq.mile 平方英里
Cubic Measure 体积单位:
1 cubic centimetre 立方厘米=0.061 cu.inch 立方英寸
1 cubic metre 立方米=1.308 cu.yards 立方码
lbs . inch 镑、英寸
In. inch(es) 英寸
In. inch(es) 英寸
sq.in(s) square inch(es) 平方英寸
每英寸吃水吨数 Tones per inch (TPI)
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