creeping

[英] [ˈkri:piŋ] [美] [ˈkripɪŋ] 生词本

n.& adj.

v.

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1. VERB (人或动物)悄悄地缓慢行进,蹑手蹑脚地移动 When people or animals creep somewhere, they move quietly and slowly. 
  • Back I go to the hotel and creep up to my room...

    我回到旅馆,蹑手蹑脚地上楼回到房间。

  • The rabbit creeps away and hides in a hole.

    兔子悄悄溜走,藏进洞里。

2. VERB 缓慢移动 If something creeps somewhere, it moves very slowly. 
  • Mist had crept in again from the sea.

    薄雾又从海面上弥漫过来了。

3. VERB 不知不觉地发生 If something creeps in or creeps back, it begins to occur or becomes part of something without people realizing or without them wanting it. 
  • Insecurity might creep in...

    可能会不知不觉地产生不安全感。

  • An increasing ratio of mistakes, perhaps induced by tiredness, crept into her game.

    可能是由于体力不支,她在比赛中的失误越来越多。

  • ...a proposal that crept through unnoticed at the National Council in December...

    一项于12月份在全国委员会不声不响获得通过的提议

4. VERB (比率或数值)逐渐增长 If a rate or number creeps up to a higher level, it gradually reaches that level. 
  • The inflation rate has been creeping up to 9.5 per cent...

    通货膨胀率已攀升至9.5%。

  • The average number of students in each class is creeping up from three to four.

    每个班的平均学生人数已经从3人增长到了4人。

5. N-COUNT 讨厌鬼; (尤指)讨好卖乖的人,马屁精 If you describe someone as a creep, you mean that you dislike them a great deal, especially because they are insincere and flatter people. 
6. PHRASE 吓人;使惊慌;使心里发毛 If someone or something gives you the creeps, they make you feel very nervous or frightened. 
  • I always hated that statue. It gave me the creeps.

    我一直都很讨厌那座雕像。它让我心里发毛。

7.   to make someone's flesh creep→see: flesh
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creep up on 
Noun

1. 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"

体育

  • 1.松撒
  • 2.匍匐行进

电力

<名>
  • 1.潜动

电工

<名>
  • 1.爬行
  • 2.潜动
1. I had a queer sensation as if a worm was creeping down my spine.
我有一种可疑的感觉,好象有个虫子在顺着我的脊梁往下爬似的。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2. I heard my landlady creeping stealthily up to my door.
我听到我的女房东偷偷地来到我的门前。

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. It is hard to prevent concrete from creeping.
很难防止水泥变形。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. The cat is creeping silently towards the bird.
这只猫正在悄悄地向那只鸟爬去。

来自《用法词典》