(noun.) a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot.
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双语例句
Then he opened it another inch--then another. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
Closing tarred Russian hemp cable, 15-3/4 inch circumference, for Argentine Battleship Rivadavia. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
Cautious, very cautious, thought Emma; he advances inch by inch, and will hazard nothing till he believes himself secure. 简·奥斯汀.爱玛.
Now it is known that one cubic inch of mercury weighs about half a pound. 伯莎M.克拉克.科学通论.
In the ventilator should be four or six tin tubes 1/2 inch in diameter and 6 inches long. 威廉K.戴维.智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
Each one of these is now cut into 150 pieces, each of which is beaten on an anvil till it is about an inch square. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
He would not put himself an inch out of his way at the bidding of king, cabinet, and chambers together. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
There were numerous dragon flies--one found in the Belgian coal-measures had a wing span of twenty-nine inches! 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
It is necessary that this drawing be made in four operations; the first and second are particularly interesting, on account of their depths, which are 5-1/2 and 9-3/16 inches, respectively. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
Small holes a few inches apart are cut along a certain length of rock, into which steel wedges are inserted. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
The horses' hoofs have bored holes in these rocks to the depth of six inches during the hundreds and hundreds of years that the castle was garrisoned. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
Above this layer should be about 30 inches of dry sawdust or turners shavings, well packed up to the level of the top of the joists. 威廉K.戴维.智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
He was a heavy man about five feet ten inches tall and his hands and feet were large. 欧内斯特·海明威.丧钟为谁而鸣.
In other words a force of 1 at a distance of 24 inches (2 feet) is equivalent to a force of 4 at a distance of 6 inches. 伯莎M.克拉克.科学通论.