creep
vi. 蹑手蹑脚地走；爬；渐渐出现；蔓延；毛骨悚然
n. 卑鄙小人；爬；徐行；蠕动
过去式：crept 过去分词：crept 现在分词：creeping 第三人称单数：creeps
近义词：crawl，
双解释义
v.(动词)
- vi. 蹑手蹑脚地走,缓慢地行进 move slowly, quietly, and carefully
- vi. 爬行,匍匐 move with the body close to the ground
英英释义
Noun
- someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
- a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
- a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
- a slow 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
- move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground;
"The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
- to go stealthily or furtively;
"..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
- grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface);
"ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings"
- show submission or fear
组词搭配
～+副词
- creep away悄悄离开
- creep forward匍匐前进
- creep on(时间、岁月等)不知不觉地来临
- creep up爬上去,渐渐靠近,悄悄逼近
～+介词
- creep along沿着…爬行
- creep into悄悄进入,逐渐产生
- creep over〔upon〕爬上
例句
用作不及物动词(vi.)
- We take off our shoes and creep cautiously along the passage.我们脱掉了鞋，在走廊中蹑手蹑脚地往前走。
- The spider learns to creep on the wall.蜘蛛学爬壁。
- As the doctors became more tired, errors began to creep into their work.由于越来越疲劳，医生的工作开始出现差错。
- Old age creeps up on you before you realize it.人不知不觉就变老了。
- Do not allow chemicals to creep into the sewer grid.不允许把化学品蔓延到下水道的分格中。
- As for corruption, there is no indication at all that it has started to creep in to our society.至于贪污方面,没有半点迹象显示贪污之风已开始蔓延至本港社会。
- The mysterious sound made my flesh creep.那神秘的声音吓得我毛骨悚然。
用作名词(n.)
- You slimy little creep!你这个卑鄙无耻的奴才！
- That creep always quarrels with his neighbors.那个讨厌鬼老跟邻居吵架。
- I felt the soil creep and heave beneath me, like some monstrous serpent.我觉得大地在我下面起伏蠕动，象一条可怕的巨蟒。
词语用法
v.(动词)
- creep的基本意思是“缓慢〔悄悄〕地行进”,隐含唯恐被人发现之意,也可指人或动物身体贴着地面“爬行,匍匐”,可用来比喻岁月、时间等慢慢流逝,数量、份额等逐渐爬升,错误、麻烦等偷偷出现,情绪、感觉等悄然涌上心头。