差几英寸

branches off───分叉

finishes off───结束，完成；毁灭；吃完

switches off───（用开关）关掉；切断（电源）

touches off───触发；勾划出；使炸裂；草草写

dashes off───v.匆忙完成

faces off───开球；和…对抗；使平滑

fences off───栅栏隔开

'It's like you're walking on stilts, ' he says. 'The ball of your foot is up a couple of inches off the ground in platform shoes.───他说：“这就像踩着高跷走路，你的跖球位于离地几英寸高的坡跟鞋上，更多的压力就落到了韧带和软组织、而不是骨头上。”

She's just a few inches off the top of my head.───她就在我头上几英寸的地方。

The man tries to move, lifting his head a few inches off the ground.───那个人试图起身，头部离开了地面几英寸的距离。

For the term project, students design an original piece of furniture that will support 185 lbs . at least 12 inches off ground.───学期专题需要学生原创一件家具，要求能支撑185磅的重量，支撑面离地面至少12英寸高。

If you saw five inches off the legs of the table, you can use it to put the television on.───如果你把这张桌子的脚锯掉5英寸，你就可以用它来放电视机。

They should, he instructed, wear a skirt that finishes three inches off the ground and knickerbockers of "soft angora, not cashmere" .───他曾说，女人们应当穿着高于地面3英寸的短裙以及由“安哥拉山羊毛而非开士米羊绒”做成的灯笼裤。

His pants rose a full three inches off his shoes.

She had lost 8 inches off her waist and a staggering 10 inches off her hips over a period of seven months.

In the course of filling his lungs he felt as if he were rising a few inches off the ground.

Louise took a couple of inches off Clare's hair to tidy it up and get rid of the split ends.

Where else can you imbibe just inches off the floor under the comfort of a back-patio tent?

She snipped several inches off his hair.

With surgical precision he cut four inches off the legs of the jeans.