1.用作介词
inside表示位置时作“在…里面; 在…内侧”解，也可用inside of表达此意，后者常见于美式英语中，inside还可作“在…肚内; 在…胃〔肠〕中”。
例句：You'll feel better with a good meal inside you.
你肚子饱了感觉就会好些的。
He had only been inside the house twice.
这屋子他只进去过两次。
2.用作副词
表示含义为在(或向)里面。
例句：I went quickly inside the drawing room.
我快步走进客厅。
She shook it to make sure there wasnothinginside.
她把它晃了晃，以确定里面没有东西。
3.用作形容词
①内部的;里面的
例句：Sloane used insided iplomatic information to make himself rich.
斯隆利用外交内幕消息发了财。
②从内部了解到的;内线干的。
例句：Any newspaper would pay big money to get the inside story on her marriage.
任何报纸都愿出高价购买关于她婚姻的内情。
4.用作名词
①内部，里面。
例句：There is a label on the inside of the box.
盒子内侧有个标签。
②(人行道、道路的)内侧。
例句：The French runner is coming up fast on the inside.
法国的赛跑选手正从内圈迅速赶上来。
③内幕，内情。
例句：He is on the inside of that deal.
他知道那笔交易的内幕。
④肚子，肠胃。
例句：I have a pain in my insides.
我肚子疼。
5.常见搭配
①inside out，译为里面朝外。
例句：Turn the bag inside out and let it dry.
把包翻过来晾干。
②on the inside，译为属于某团伙(或组织)的;知情的。
例句：The thieves must have had someone on the inside helping them.
这些窃贼肯定有内应。
③turn sth inside out
a.译为把某处翻得乱七八糟。
例句：The burglars had turned the house inside out.
窃贼把房子翻了个底朝天。
b.译为引起巨大变化。
例句：The new manager turned the old systems inside out.
新任经理对旧体制进行了彻底的改革。
④know sb/sth inside out | know sb/sth like the back of your hand，译为对…极为熟悉(或了如指掌)。
例句：This is where I grew up. I know this area like the back of my hand.
我在这儿长大的，我对这地方再熟悉不过了。
