creep

• vi. 爬行；蔓延；慢慢地移动；起鸡皮疙瘩
• n. 爬行；毛骨悚然的感觉；谄媚者

来自PIE*ger, 弯，转，词源同crook,crank.

1. someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

2. a slow longitudinal movement or deformation

3. a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot

4. 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"

creep

creep: [OE] Creep is an ancient verb, which has been traced back to Indo–European *greub-. This was the source also of Dutch kriupen and Swedish krypa ‘creep’, and of Lithuanian grubineti ‘stumble’, and links have been suggested with English cripple. The related Indo-European *greug- produced German kriechen ‘creep’.
=> cripple

creep (v.)

Old English creopan "to creep" (class II strong verb; past tense creap, past participle cropen), from Proto-Germanic *kreupan (cognates: Old Frisian kriapa, Middle Dutch crupen, Old Norse krjupa "to creep"), perhaps from a PIE root *g(e)r- "crooked" [Watkins]. Related: Crept; creeping.

creep (n.)

"a creeping motion," 1818, from creep (v.). Meaning "despicable person" is 1935, American English slang, perhaps from earlier sense of "sneak thief" (1914). Creeper "a gilded rascal" is recorded from c. 1600, and the word also was used of certain classes of thieves, especially those who robbed customers in brothels. The creeps "a feeling of dread or revulsion" first attested 1849, in Dickens.

creep, climb, crawl

这些动词都有"爬"之意。

creep： 多指人或四足动物匍匐爬行，尤指偷偷地或不出声地缓慢向前爬行。也指植物的蔓延生长等。

climb： 通常指用手或足爬上或爬下，也指飞机、日、月的上升，还可用作比喻。

crawl： 指人或动物以身躯贴着地面缓慢地移动。

Advanced batteries are moving out of specialized markets and creeping into the mainstream, signaling a tipping point for forward-looking technologies such as electric cars and rooftop solar panels.

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A slight feeling of suspicion crept over me.

我渐渐地产生了一丝疑虑。

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As she became more tired, errors began to creep into her work.

由于越来越疲劳，她的工作开始出现差错。

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House prices are creeping up again.

住房价格又在渐渐上涨。

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Don't creep up on me like that!

别那样蹑手蹑脚地靠近我！

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Tiredness can easily creep up on you while you're driving.

开车时会很容易不知不觉地就累了。

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He's a nasty little creep!

他真让人讨厌！

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Her arms crept around his neck.

她的双臂慢慢地搂住了他的脖子。

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I crept up the stairs, trying not to wake my parents.

为了尽量不吵醒父母，我蹑手蹑脚地上了楼。

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The inflation rate has been creeping up to 9.5 per cent...

通货膨胀率已攀升至9.5%。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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The rabbit creeps away and hides in a hole.

兔子悄悄溜走，藏进洞里。

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Mist had crept in again from the sea.

薄雾又从海面上弥漫过来了。

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Insecurity might creep in...

可能会不知不觉地产生不安全感。

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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。

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The traffic moved at a creep.

车流行驶缓慢.

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The test results validated that the slip band soil possesses obvious creep characteristic.

为了研究黄土坡滑坡滑带土的蠕变特性和长期强度,进行了室内流变试验.

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Once complications are allowed to creep in, the outcome is in danger.

要是不慎出现了并发症, 那么后果是危险的.

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Because of creep, rigidity and the axial displacement of PTFE expansion joint relate to the time.

由于蠕变现象的存在, 承载下的PTFE膨胀节的刚度和轴向位移都与时间有关.

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The results show that the fault is characterized essentially by stick slip, with some state creep.

根据分析结果得出该断裂的运动方式以粘滑为主, 兼有蠕滑.

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According to the data measured from field, this paper analyses the creep lengthening of rail.

根据现场实测的钢轨长度, 对钢轨的蠕变伸长进行了分析.

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Freyssinet flat jacks may be required to compensate for distortions arising from creep and shrinkage.

弗涅新奈氏扁千斤顶可用以调整收缩与徐变产生的变形.

辞典例句

The baby is just learning to creep.

这个婴儿才学着爬.

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Anorexia can creep up on young girls when they least expect it.

年轻女子可能在最没有防备的情況下患上厌食症.

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