| 词汇 | creep |
| 释义 | creep verb[ Iusually+ adv/prep ] uk /kriːp/ us /kriːp/crept | crept C2 to move slowly, quietly, and carefully, usually in order to avoid being noticed: （通常指为避免注意而）缓慢行进，悄悄移动，潜行 creep throughShe turned off the light and crept through the door.她关上灯，悄悄溜出门。 creep aroundSomeone was creeping around outside my window.有人在我的窗户外蹑手蹑脚地走动。 The spider crept up the wall.蜘蛛缓缓地爬上墙。 creep alongThe traffic was creeping along at a snail's pace.车辆如蜗牛般缓慢移动。 to walk walkThe baby has just learned to walk. strideShe strode purposefully up to the desk and demanded to speak to the manager. marchHe marched right in to the office and demanded to see the governor. strollWe strolled along the beach. wanderShe wandered from room to room, not sure of what she was looking for. ambleShe ambled down the street, looking in shop windows. to move slowly crawlThere'd been a bad accident on the motorway and traffic was crawling. trundleLorries trundle through the narrow lanes. creepHe crept downstairs, hardly making any noise. trudgeThey trudged wearily through the snow. strollWe spent the afternoon strolling around Budapest. ambleHe ambled over to the window. Moving to avoid being seen prowl skulk slink sneak spirit stalk stalking steal stealth stealthily stealthy You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Slow and moving slowly Phrasal verbscreep in/creep into something creep over someone creep up creep up on/behind someone creep up on someone creep noun informaluk /kriːp/ us /kriːp/ creepnoun (PERSON)[ C ]UK someone who tries to make someone more important like them by being very polite and helpful in a way that is not sincere: 谄媚者，奴颜婢膝者，阿谀奉承者 Making coffee for the boss again? You creep!又在给老板冲咖啡？你这个马屁精！ C2[ C ] an unpleasant person, especially a man: 讨厌鬼，令人恶心的人（尤指男人） He was such a creep - he was always staring at me in the canteen.他真是个讨厌鬼——在饭厅里他老盯着我看。 [ as form of address ]Leave me alone, creep!让我一个人呆一会儿，你这个讨厌鬼！ Praising insincerely or too eagerly backhanded compliment bootlicker bow and scrapeidiom crawler cuddle glad-handing grovel grovelling grovellingly hagiographic obsequious obsequiously people pleaser play up to someone schmooze sycophantically toady toadying truckle unctuous creepnoun (GROWTH)[ U ] the gradual growth or increase of something in a way that was not expected or wanted: There is growing evidence that labour cost creep is becoming a problem. See also mission creep Increasing and intensifying accretion accumulate accumulative accumulatively add fuel to the fireidiom blaze fade go up growing growingly heighten hot up inflation mushroom ratchet something up/down re-escalate re-escalation reach a crescendo redouble stake give someone the creeps to cause someone to have uncomfortable feelings of nervousness or fear: 使…毛骨悚然;使…紧张害怕 Living next to a graveyard would give me the creeps.住在墓地旁边会令我毛骨悚然。 creep | American Dictionarycreep verb[ Ialways+ adv/prep ] us/krip/ creepverb[I always + adv/prep] (MOVE CAREFULLY)past tense and past participlecreptus/krept/ to move quietly and carefully, usually in order to avoid being noticed: I crept around the corner, hoping my brother wouldn’t see me. creepverb[I always + adv/prep] (MOVE SLOWLY)past tense and past participlecrept to move very slowly: We were creeping along in rush-hour traffic. Phrasal verbcreep up on someone creep noun[ C ] slangus/krip/ creepnoun[C] (PERSON)a person you think is unpleasant and to be avoided: That guy upstairs is such a creep. creep | Business Englishcreep verb[ I ] uk /kriːp/us to change very slowly, especially to increase: Fuel prices dropped in April, but they are starting to creep higher now. Phrasal verbscreep in/creep into sth creep up/creep upwards creep noun[ U ] uk /kriːp/us slow and gradual change, especially when something increases: Gasoline price creep has been noticeable recently. The economic crisis now has a new dimension: the steady creep of inflation. Examples of creepcreep A handful of minor typographical errors have crept in (mostly punctuation), and the odd table is poorly labelled. As the creeping ray propagates along the surface, it continuously emits surface-diffracted rays ud with exponentially decreasing initial amplitude. A strong interaction theory for the creeping motion of a sphere between plane parallel boundaries. Expression of pokeweed antiviral proteins in creeping bentgrass. Another troubling point has to do with the seeming anthropomorphism that has crept into the debate about the "real" function of an adaptation. I apologize in advance if any inaccuracies or discrepancies have crept in during production. The audience, in a sense, became the enemy, as she had to keep out of their view while stealthily creeping along to reach the actors. Our results that creeping cercariae sensitively and specifically orientate along increasing arginine gradients suggested a role of arginine as an intraspecific pheromone. A corner within the illuminated region also leads to an expansion fan and hence to creeping fields. A similar blandness creeps into his theoretical statements because of his desire not to overgeneralise or be deterministic. As provincial firms grew in scale and influence, advertisements for their products crept into the pages of the national press and specialist periodicals. As the deer resumes its activity, the hunter creeps toward the deer again. The first was creeping desiccation as reflected in the shrinkage of the wetlands. Similar analyses to those described above still apply but some interesting extra features emerge, particularly with respect to the creeping field. The academic operation may be successful, but the patients may be dying, especially in these times of creeping illiteracy. See all examples of creep These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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