Inch

[ɪn(t)ʃ] or [ɪntʃ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot.

黛博拉編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off the coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, etc.

(n.) A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided into twelve parts, called lines, and originally into three parts, called barleycorns, its length supposed to have been determined from three grains of barley placed end to end lengthwise. It is also sometimes called a prime ('), composed of twelve seconds (''), as in the duodecimal system of arithmetic.

(n.) A small distance or degree, whether of time or space; hence, a critical moment.

(v. t.) To drive by inches, or small degrees.

(v. t.) To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.

(v. i.) To advance or retire by inches or small degrees; to move slowly.

(a.) Measurement an inch in any dimension, whether length, breadth, or thickness; -- used in composition; as, a two-inch cable; a four-inch plank.

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同義詞及近義詞：

n. Twelfth part of a foot.

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解釋/意思:

n. an island.

n. the twelfth part of a foot: proverbially a small distance or degree: (Shak.) a critical moment.—v.i. to move by slow degrees.—adj. Inched containing inches: marked with inches.—adv. Inch′meal by inches or small degrees: gradually.—Inch by inch By inches by small degrees; Every inch entirely thoroughly.

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