crawl

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1. VERB 爬;爬行;匍匐前进 When you crawl, you move forward on your hands and knees. 
  • Don't worry if your baby seems a little reluctant to crawl or walk...

    如果你的宝宝不爱爬也不爱走,不要担心。

  • I began to crawl on my hands and knees towards the door...

    我开始手脚并用朝门口爬去。

  • As he tried to crawl away, he was hit in the shoulder.

    他试图爬走时肩膀中枪了。

2. VERB (昆虫)爬行 When an insect crawls somewhere, it moves there quite slowly. 
  • I watched the moth crawl up the outside of the lampshade.

    我看着飞蛾爬到灯罩外面。

3. VERB 缓慢行进;艰难前进 If someone or something crawls somewhere, they move or progress slowly or with great difficulty. 
  • I crawled out of bed at nine-thirty...

    我9点半才勉强从床上爬起来。

  • They had not foreseen the higher inflation in France when most of Western Europe was crawling out of recession...

    当西欧的大多数国家正从经济衰退中缓慢复苏时,他们并没有预见到法国的通货膨胀率会升高。

  • Hairpin turns force the car to crawl at 10 miles an hour in some places.

    在一些地段,U形弯路使得汽车只能以每小时10英里的速度缓慢行进。

  • Crawl is also a noun.
    • The traffic on the approach road slowed to a crawl.

      引路上车辆行驶缓慢。

4. VERB 挤满,爬满(人或动物) If you say that a place is crawling with people or animals, you are emphasizing that it is full of them. 
  • This place is crawling with police.

    这个地方全是警察。

  • ...rock-hard earth littered with rubbish and crawling with vermin.

    丢满垃圾、爬满虫子的坚硬土地

5. N-SING 爬泳;自由泳 The crawl is a kind of swimming stroke which you do lying on your front, swinging one arm over your head, and then the other arm. 
6. PHRASE 使震惊;使生厌 If something makes your skin crawl or makes your flesh crawl, it makes you feel shocked or disgusted. 
  • I hated this man, his very touch made my skin crawl.

    我讨厌这个男人,他碰我一下我都觉得恶心。

7. See also: kerb-crawling; pub crawl;  
Noun

1. a very slow movement;

  • "the traffic advanced at a crawl"

2. a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick

3. a slow creeping mode of locomotion (on hands and knees or dragging the body);

  • "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"
  • "the traffic moved at a creep"
Verb

1. move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground;

  • "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"

2. feel as if crawling with insects;

  • "My skin crawled--I was terrified"

3. be crawling with;

  • "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"

4. show submission or fear

5. swim by doing the crawl;

  • "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"

体育

  • 1.爬泳

电力

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  • 1.慢行
  • 2.又称“徐行”。
1. He will crawl anywhere if he can gain something by it.
他到处钻营,只要能有所得。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2. I heard a voice reverberating: "Crawl out! I give you liberty!"
我听到一个声音在回荡:“爬出来吧,我给你自由!”

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3. She slowed the car to a crawl.
她把车开得很慢。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. They have no right to crawl me for what I wrote.
他们无权责怪我所写的东西。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. We learn to crawl before we learn to walk.
我们学会走路之前先要学会爬。

来自《简明英汉词典》

6. Worms and snakes crawl.
虫类和蛇爬行。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》