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【释义】：

n．❶ 英寸，时：He is five feet six inch es．他五呎六时高．❷ (pl．)身长，个子：a man of your inch es象你一样高的人．gather up one’s inch es直立起来．❸ 少量，少许：fight for every inch of land寸土必争．to an inch 丝毫不差．inch by inch 一点一点地，渐渐．by inch es 1)渐渐，逐渐．2)差一点：The car missed him by inch es．车差一点把他撞了．every inch 十足地，完完全全：He is every inch an athlete．他是一个十足的运动员．not yield an inch 丝毫不让步．within an inch of险些，差一点：within an inch of being struck by a falling brick差一点被掉下来的砖打著．

－v．渐进，慢慢移动．