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inching

/inch/US // ɪntʃ //UK // (ɪntʃ) //

寸步难行,寸步不离,寸进,寸步不让

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a unit of length, 1/12 foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters. Abbreviation: in.
    • : a very small amount of anything; narrow margin: to win by an inch; to avert disaster by an inch.
  1. 1
    • : to move by inches or small degrees: We inched our way along the road.

Phrases

  • inch along
  • inch by inch
  • by inches
  • every inch
  • give an inch
  • within an ace (inch) of

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inlag
Synonyms
decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱fail不合格,失败,不及格,不成功fall off脱落,脱掉,脱离,掉下来falter趑趄不前,摇摆不定,衰退,摇摇欲坠slacken弛缓,松懈,松弛,弛缓的slow缓慢,慢,缓慢的,缓trail小路,小径,踪迹,小道wane衰败,衰落,衰微,衰弱dally调戏,调皮捣蛋,调剂,调侃dawdle磨磨蹭蹭,磨蹭,磨磨蹭蹭的,磨蹭了dillydally磨磨蹭蹭,磨磨蹭蹭的,磨磨蹭蹭地,磨磨蹭蹭的人drag拖动,拖累,拖拽,拖曳ebb退潮,减压,退潮期,减震flag旗帜,旗子,国旗,旗号hobble蹒跚学步,蹒跚而行,蹒跚的脚步,蹒跚学步的人idle闲置,闲置的,空闲,闲散的inch寸,英寸,寸的,吋jelly果冻,果酱,果子冻,胶冻limp跛脚,跛脚的,跛行,瘫痪linger流连忘返,徘徊,徘徊不前loiter闲逛,徘徊,游荡,徜徉lounge休息室,休息区,休息室里,休息厅plod蹒跚学步,蹒跚而行,蹒跚前行,蹒跚学步的人poke拨动,戳,戳戳,捅procrastinate拖延时间,拖延,拖拖拉拉,迟迟不动retard迟钝,迟钝的人,迟缓,拖延时间saunter步行,步行者,行走,漫步shuffle洗牌,摇摆,洗盘,洗涤slouch懒散,懒人,懒惰,慵懒stagger错开,错落有致,踉跄而行,错开的stay逗留,保持,逗留时间,留straggle蹒跚而行,流浪,踉跄而行,蹒跚学步tail尾巴,尾部,尾声,尾随tarry耽搁,耽搁了,耽误时间,耽搁时间tool工具,工具类trudge跋涉,跋涉前进,踯躅不前,践踏be behind在后面,落后,在后,落后于人drag one's feet拖后腿,拖后腿的,拖拖拉拉,拖拖拉拉的get no place fast无所事事,无处可去,寸步难行,空空如也hang back悬而未决,后退,悬挂在后面,垂头丧气inch along沿着一英寸,沿着一英寸的方向,沿着一英寸的,沿着一英寸的距离lose strength失去力量,失力,失势,丧气put off推迟,延缓,推迟了,推迟执行slow up放缓,减慢,减慢速度,缓行
as indrag
as inease

Examples

  • Place the buns onto parchment paper on a baking tray, leaving about a fourth inch between each one.

  • The company does fill cracks wider than a ¼ inch with liquid crack filler, but for narrower cracks, it just coats the surface with sealer, which seals out water but doesn’t make them disappear.

  • In a recent example, a team of scientists led by Samsung’s Won-Jae Joo and Stanford’s Mark Brongersma published a paper in Science describing a new meta-OLED display that can pack in 10,000 pixels per inch with room to scale.

  • From here, slide your right hand forward around 12 inches, then your left hand.

  • Oftentimes when these experiences happen in our lives, we are analyzing every single inch of a problem and we don’t have a long-term perspective, because we lose that in the emotional state of chaos.

  • But it is also incredibly moving and instructive to watch the inching towards social justice.

  • Another clue that the royal relationship might be inching forwards.

  • Surprisingly, the official tells us, Utah is inching toward accepting the money, as is Tennessee.

  • Only with this kind of mutual respect, mutual recognition, and mutual flexibility, will we start inching toward peace.

  • Knowing this, Bing has been gently, though strategically, inching its way into the inner circle.

  • In spite of all he could do he saw the madman inching the knife nearer and nearer his throat.

  • And this craft bore past there often, inching its downward way with swifters of logs, driving fast up-lake without a tow.

  • Inching himself along, he came to the small door which had been cut into the hold to connect with the main hatch.

  • Then it began inching forward with intent to attack the obstacle in its path.

  • At 1:18 am, the deAngelis flared to a 98.4 then started inching down again.

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