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。
• At first, I saw this as a terrible thing, my Shanghai life was inching slowly towards a beast's mouth.
  起初，我把离别看成是很可怕的事，似乎我的上海生活正一步步地被怪兽吞噬。
• With Spain and possibly Europe inching back towards the abyss, that crisis looms.
  鉴于西班牙乃至整个欧洲可能正再度走向深渊，那场危机已出现在地平线上。
• There are no Zetas in the Service-to-Others, in your Solar System, who currently are allowed to be in two places at once by inching forward in time.
  在你们的太阳系中没有任何服务他人的齐塔人现在被允许通过向前移动时间来同时处在两个位置。
• Although inflation in China has been inching up for some months, the big jump in October surprised many economists and raised the chances of more hikes in interest rates this year to follow the increase announced last month.
  尽管近几个月来中国通胀率一直在缓慢攀升，但10月份数据的大幅跃升，令许多经济学家感到吃惊，并提高了中国央行继上个月宣布加息之后年内进一步上调利率的可能性。
• China was inching toward us, after all, to find a counter weight to the growing Soviet threat on its borders.
  中国慢慢地向我们靠近，毕竟是为了寻找一股对付边界上日益增长的苏联威胁的抗衡力量。
• 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。
• 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。
• Interest rates have been inching up over the past year.
  在过去的一年中利率一直在缓慢上涨。
• The North Korean nuclear issue is inching forward in six-party talks that include China, Japan, South Korea and Russia.
  在包括中国、日本、韩国和俄罗斯的六方会谈中，朝核问题正实现缓慢进展。