by inches

英 [baɪ ˈɪntʃɪz]

美 [baɪ ˈɪntʃɪz]

网络  慢慢地; 缓慢地

英英释义

adv

• by a short distance
  1. they moved it by inches
  Synonym:little by littleby small degrees

双语例句

• Please cut the trousers by two inches.
  请把这条裤子剪掉2英寸。
• The car missed me by inches. I escaped by the skin of my teeth.
  汽车差一点儿就撞上我了，我幸免于难。
• His shot at the bear missed by inches.
  就差几英寸他就打中那头熊了。
• The bus just shaved me by inches.
  公共汽车从我身边擦过。
• Use the battens of two by one inches and steel nails for nailing to the wall.
  由一个使用条板二移动和钉牢的钢钉子对墙壁。
• Olivia runs a lathe which cuts semifinished product of metal by inches. Steps were made on the female die surface to make up for the thickness different of the blanks.
  奥利维亚开动一台车床，车床一点一点地切削着金属毛坯。凹模表面和型腔加工了台阶以补偿坯料的厚度差值。
• She was suffering from malarial fever, and seemed dying by inches.
  她当时正发着一种寒热病，似乎正在慢慢地死去。
• You know, that car never slowed down and it just missed me by inches.
  你知道，那车一点也没有慢下来，差一点就撞上了我。
• Six of the Death Eaters ran toward them: Harry, Ron, and Hermione backed as quickly as possible down the nearest side street, and the Death Eaters missed them by inches.
  六七个食死徒朝他们跑来，哈利、罗恩和赫敏迅速后退，拐进了最后的一条小街，仅差几英寸就被他们撞上了。
• The car missed me by inches.
  那辆汽车差一点儿撞着我。