inch

インチ

2.54センチメートルに当たる長さの単位。12インチで1フィート。

やさしい英語で： A unit for measuring length, equal to 2.54 centimetres; twelve of these make one foot.

• The nail is one inch long.
• Her screen measures fifteen inches across.
• How many inches are there in a foot?

よく使う表現： an inch long, square inch, inch by inch

少し、寸分

ごく短い距離や、ごく小さな空間。

やさしい英語で： A very small distance or amount of space.

• Do not move an inch.
• She searched every inch of the room.
• Neither side would give an inch in the argument.

よく使う表現： move an inch, every inch, not an inch

インチ

昔の測定法で使われた小さな長さの単位。長さは測定法によって異なる。

やさしい英語で： A small unit of length used in older measuring systems, with a value that varies between systems.

• A Roman inch was shorter than a modern one.
• The historian converted the old inches into centimetres.
• Different regions once used different lengths for an inch.

よく使う表現： Roman inch, traditional inch, historical inch

じりじり進む、少しずつ動く

ある方向へ、とてもゆっくり、または少しずつ動く。

やさしい英語で： To move very slowly or in very small steps in a particular direction.

• The queue inched forward.
• She inched along the narrow ledge.
• Prices have inched up again this month.

使い方： inch along something (The cat inched along the narrow wall.); inch towards something (The car inched towards the crossing.)

類義語： creep, edge

よく使う表現： inch forward, inch along, inch towards something