| 单词 | creep |
| 释义 | creep (kriːp ) Word forms: creeps , creeping , crept 1. verb When people or animals creep somewhere, they move quietly and slowly. Back I go to the hotel and creep up to my room. [VERB adverb/preposition] The rabbit creeps away and hides in a hole. [VERB adverb/preposition] Synonyms: sneak, steal, tiptoe, slink 2. verb If something creeps somewhere, it moves very slowly. Mist had crept in again from the sea. [VERB adverb/preposition] 3. verb 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. [V in] An increasing ratio of mistakes, perhaps induced by tiredness, crept into her game. [VERB + into] ...a proposal that crept through unnoticed at the National Council in December. [VERB adverb/preposition] Now his other major works are creeping back into concert programmes. [VERB adverb/preposition] The public are concerned at the creeping privatisation of core police functions. [VERB-ing] 4. verb 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. [V + up to] The average number of students in each class is creeping up from three to four. [V + up] 5. countable noun If you describe someone as a creep, you mean that you dislike them a great deal, especially because they are insincere and flatter people. [informal, disapproval] Synonyms: bootlicker [informal], sneak, sycophant, crawler [slang] 6. give sb the creeps phrase If someone or something gives you the creeps, they make you feel very nervous or frightened. [informal] I always hated that statue. It gave me the creeps. 7. to make someone's flesh creep phrase If something makes your flesh creep or makes your flesh crawl, it makes you feel disgusted, shocked or frightened. It makes my flesh creep to think of it. I was heading on a secret mission that made my flesh crawl. Phrasal verbs: creep up on 1. phrasal verb If you creep up on someone, you move slowly closer to them without being seen by them. They'll creep up on you while you're asleep. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If a feeling or state creeps up on you, you hardly notice that it is beginning to affect you or happen to you. The desire to be a mother may creep up on you unexpectedly. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] Idioms: make your flesh creep to make you frightened, distressed, or uncomfortable I didn't like him the first time I set eyes on him and now I know why. He made my flesh creep. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: anxiety creeps in A small hint of anxiety creeps into my head. Times, Sunday Times A stitch of anxiety creeps in and slowly begins to fan the flame within him until something collapses inside. Christianity Today Now, because you know you can't get off it, that anxiety creeps in and your heart starts pounding. The Sun But as televisions appeared in living rooms across the country the images of such crimes did begin to creep closer to home. Times, Sunday Times With rucksack still strapped to your back, creep closer. Times, Sunday Times The passion will fade, and the nightmare of a general election disaster will creep closer. Times, Sunday Times She crept closer and closer to me and our hands were all over each other in the slow dances. The Sun I think of him sitting alone in that tower, rain pelting the windows, the wind and purple blackness creeping closer towards him. ST As climate change takes effect and the seasons creep forward in the calendar, so migration becomes more important. Times, Sunday Times The grain may also hit larger grains that are too heavy to hop, but that slowly creep forward as they are pushed by saltating grains. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The car would then creep forward much like automatic transmission cars. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By repeating these actions, the brittle star can creep forward at up to per minute. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For example, guitar bridges are subject to high lateral stresses that with the wrong glue can lead it to creep forward. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The night before, she had crept out of bed and made a jarful. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The smoke cut into her throat and a small croak crept out of her mouth. INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS (2002) They have crept out of the house to take a peep at proceedings. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The matter was urgent and he crept out, trying not to make the sort of noise which would waken fellow guests. The Killing Times (Treason in arms) (1986) You can plant them quite close together, as these plants tend to creep slowly. Times, Sunday Times They creep slowly with their body flattened against the bark, probing with their beak for insects. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They creep slowly down a hall lined with neon slates. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I clicked it and the blue bar crept slowly to its finish line. Times,Sunday Times It's one of those plants, creeping slowly along, that makes a garden look as if it's been there forever. Times, Sunday Times Unintended silliness creeps steadily in, finally swamping us in a lumpenly melodramatic climax. Times, Sunday Times But the price has crept steadily upwards since then. The Sun In the non-corporate world, noise creeps steadily up the agenda. Times, Sunday Times The company's darkest hour had passed by 1934, however, and its count of telephones in service and revenues began to creep upward that year. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Singles have remained steady at 99 cents, but a few albums have begun creeping upward. Globe and Mail Faced with declining city revenues, utility rates crept upward again. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 悄悄地缓慢前进, 爬行 Japanese: こっそり歩く, はう |
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