inching

英 [ˈɪntʃɪŋ]

美 [ˈɪntʃɪŋ]

v.  (使朝某方向)谨慎移动
inch的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 英寸(约等于 2.54 厘米)
  Aninchis an imperial unit of length, approximately equal to 2.54 centimetres. There are twelve inches in a foot.
  1. ...a candy tin 6 inches high and 8 inches in diameter.
     高 6 英寸、直径 8 英寸的糖果罐子
  2. ...18 inches below the surface.
     表面以下 18 英寸
• V-ERG (使)缓慢移动
  Toinchsomewhere or toinchsomething somewhere means to move there very slowly and carefully, or to make something do this.
  1. ...a climber inching up a vertical wall of rock...
     沿一面陡直石壁慢慢往上爬的人
  2. He inched the van forward...
     他一点点向前挪动着货车。
  3. An ambulance inched its way through the crowd.
     救护车在人群中缓慢前进。
• PHRASE (某个地方的)全部，每一寸地方
  If you talk aboutevery inch ofan area, you are emphasizing that you mean the whole of it.
  1. Every inch of shelf space was crammed with books...
     书架上全都塞满了书。
  2. We are prepared to fight for every inch of territory.
     我们时刻准备着为每一寸领土而战。
• PHRASE 在各方面;完全;彻底
  If you say that someone looksevery incha certain type of person, you are emphasizing that they look exactly like that kind of person.
  1. He looks every inch the City businessman...
     他完全是一副伦敦金融城商界人士的派头。
  2. There stood Gertrude, looking every inch a star.
     格特鲁德站在那里,完全是一副明星的派头。
• PHRASE 一点一点地;缓慢地
  If someone or something movesinch by inch, they move very slowly and carefully.
  1. The car moved forward inch by inch...
     汽车一点一点地向前移动。
  2. The police were searching the area inch by inch.
     警方在对那个地区进行仔细搜查。

双语例句

• The helicopter hovered over the crowd for a while before inching away.
  直升机在人群上空盘旋了一会儿后慢慢飞走了。
• 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。
• Two developments are inching the world towards a nuclear tipping point.
  目前，两方面的进展正慢慢将世界推向一个核武临界点。
• If this is Hitachi's way of inching toward an eventual sale or closure, particularly of the TV unit, the move has some long-term merit.
  如果这是日立公司逐渐走向最终出售或是关闭这些工厂尤其是电视机子公司的道路，那么此举可能带来一些长远的好处。
• Greece, the weak link in the eurozone, is inching closer to defaulting on its debt.
  希腊是欧元区的薄弱环节，它正在慢慢走向债务违约的深渊。
• Set frontal and back inching switch, etc humanization device to make operation simpler and safer.
  设置前后点动开关等多种人性化装置使操作更简便、更安全。
• Prices are inching down.
  物价正逐步下降。
• The rigid side net adopted can enhance the sorption rigidity degree and the inching speed upward along the porch of the conch.
  采用刚性边网可提高海螺吸附牢固度和其沿边网向上爬行速度。
• Location value of inching test in compressive neuropathy
  逐点测试对嵌压性神经病的定位诊断研究
• But I held out my hand to the little boy who was inching across the aisle toward us.
  但我伸出我的手，小男孩正在向我们穿过过道的记录。