inch

1.英寸（长度单位，等于 2.54 厘米，1 英尺等于 12 英寸）a unit for measuring length, equal to 2.54 centimetres. There are 12 inches in a foot.

2.少量；短距离a small amount or distance

every inch

整体；全部the whole of sth

give sb an inch (and theyll take a mile/yard)

得寸进尺used to say that if you allow some people a small amount of freedom or power they will see you as weak and try to take a lot more

inch by inch

缓慢而谨慎地；一步一步very slowly and with great care or difficulty

not budge/give/move an inch

寸步不让to refuse to change your position, decision, etc. even a little

within an inch of sth/of doing sth

差一点；险些very close to sth/doing sth

1.[i][t]（使朝某方向）谨慎移动to move or make sth move slowly and carefully in a particular direction

1.英寸

2.少量,少额,少许

3.身长,身段,个子

4.〈英〉小岛

1.使渐进,使渐动,使一点一点地移动

2.渐进,一步一步前进

1.a unit for measuring length. An inch is equal to 2.54 centimeters. There are 12 inches in one foot; an amount of rain, snow, soil, etc. that would cover a surface with a layer that is one inch deep; a very small distance or amount

1.to move somewhere very slowly and gradually, or to make something do this

2.to gradually become greater or smaller in amount or number