inches

• The bus just shaved me by an inch .
  那辆公共汽车从我身边掠过，离我只有一英寸。
• They climbed the steep mountain inch by inch .
  他们一点一点地攀上那座陡峭的山。
• There are twelve inches in one foot .
  一英尺等于12英寸。
• He is every inch a local despot .
  他彻头彻尾是个土皇帝。
• The scale is an inch to a mile .
  比例是用一时代表一哩。
• The fall of rain last month amounted to seven inches .
  上个月的降雨量共计七英寸。
• The car missed me by inches .
  那辆汽车差一点儿撞着我。
• His waist measures forty inches round .
  他腰围40英寸。
• He shall presumptuously contest an inch with me .
  他敢和我分庭抗礼，真是胆大妄为。
• That's why we're within inches of a world war .
  那就是为什么一场世界大战迫在眉睫。