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

• Apple TV is inching away from the hobby category.
  苹果电视（AppleTV）也在慢慢摆脱早先的归类，不再仅仅是“业余爱好”而已。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They were inching their way along the slippery ridge.
  他们沿着滑溜溜的山脊慢慢前进。
• 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。
• 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。
• Even with the US Federal Reserve on pause and Chinese interest rates inching higher, the central bank earns a spread comfortably above 100 basis points.
  即使美联储（usfederalreserve）暂停加息，而中国利率水平小幅上调，中国央行仍能轻松赚取逾100个基点的利差。
• 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。
• He began a complicated maneuver strengthening his position in the Arab world while inching Egypt toward a more realistic national posture.
  他开始运用复杂的策略，以加强他在阿拉伯世界的地位。与些同时，他使埃及逐渐采取更现实、更民族主义的姿态。