1 in, on or to the inner part or surface of sth 内部或内面的;在或往内部、里面;在…里面:
Is there anything inside the box?箱子里有没有东西?It's safer to be inside the house in a thunderstorm.遇有雷暴,留在屋内较安全。We'd better stay inside until the rain stops.我们最好待在里面,等雨停了再出去。It's getting cold. Let's go inside.越来越冷了,我们到里边去吧。the inside pages of a newspaper报纸的内版
2 (formal 正式) (used about time) in less than; within (指时间)少于,在…之内:
Your photos will be ready inside an hour.你的照片一个钟头内可以冲好。
3 (used about information, etc) told secretly by sb who belongs to a group, organization, etc (指信息等)外界不知道的,内幕的:
The robbers seemed to have had some inside information about the bank's security system.看来劫匪掌握了一些有关这家银行保安系统的内情。
4 (slang 俚语) in prison 坐牢;在狱中
*inside²
/ˌɪnˈsaɪd ||; ˈɪnˈsaɪd/noun
1 [C] the inner part or surface of sth 内部;里面:
The door was locked from the inside.门从里面锁上了。There's a label somewhere on the inside.里面某处有标签。
2insides [pl] (informal 非正式) the organs inside the body 内脏:
The coffee warmed his insides.他喝了咖啡觉得肚子里暖呼呼的。
inside out
1 with the inner surface on the outside 里面朝外:
You've got your jumper on inside out.你把羊毛套衫穿反了。☞picture at back 见back插图
2 very well, in great detail 仔细;彻底;详尽:
She knows these streets inside out.她对这几条街了如指掌。