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
- they moved it by inches
双语例句
- The brick missed me by inches.
那块砖头差几英寸就打中我了。 - The car missed me by inches.
那辆汽车差一点儿撞着我。 - She went quietly upstairs to her son's bedroom and shortened the trousers by two inches.
就悄悄上了楼，来到她儿子的房间，把那条裤子剪短了两英寸。 - Please cut the trousers by two inches.
请把这条裤子剪掉2英寸。 - We escaped from the accident by inches.
我们差点儿就出意外了。 - 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。 - 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 bullet missed me by two inches.
子弹只差两英寸就射中我了。 - Tom had a home run, but the ball went foul by inches. A miss is as good as a mile.
我们还以为汤姆打了个本垒打，可是差几英寸变成界外球。真是差一点儿也不行啊。 - We were all shitting bricks as the truck missed the car by inches.
当卡车差几英寸就撞上轿车时，我们都吓得心惊肉跳。