inch是不是可數(shù)名詞?inch用作名詞時(shí),一般為可數(shù)名詞,表示“英寸(略作in.)”,也可表示距離、程度等的“少許,一點(diǎn)”,一般用單數(shù),還可作“身高,材料”解,此時(shí)常用復(fù)數(shù)。

常見句型

用作名詞 (n.)

A standard bed is six feet three inches long.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)床的長度是六英尺三英寸。

What is the best way to harden off new rose bushes only a few inches high?

要想使只有幾英寸高的玫瑰長壯以移植戶外,什么辦法較好?

The house can be insulated from cold with about four inches of this special plastic.

這種特種塑料有4英寸左右厚就可以擋住屋外的寒氣。

Snowfall averages out in this part of the country at twenty inches a year.

我國這個(gè)地區(qū)每年的平均降雪量為20英寸。

Our house has settled several inches since it was built.

房子建成以來已經(jīng)下沉了好幾英寸。

Would you saw me a piece of board two inches by one?

請(qǐng)給我鋸一塊長兩英寸、寬一英寸的小板好嗎?

How many imperial inches are there in one metric centimetre?—Naught point three nine three seven inches.

一厘米等于多少英寸?——等于0.397英寸。

Two inches isn't very long.

兩寸并不長。

用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)

用作不及物動(dòng)詞

The soldiers were inching along a ledge on a cliff.

戰(zhàn)士們正在懸崖的突出部分匍匐而行。

He inched across the high roof.

他艱難地挪過了那房頂。

Prices are inching down

物價(jià)正逐步下降。

用作及物動(dòng)詞

They inched the rock up the slope.

他們一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)地把那塊大石頭移上坡。

The mountaineers inched their ways up the snowcapped peak.

登山運(yùn)動(dòng)員一步一步地攀登積雪的山峰。