| 单词 | cold creeps |
| 释义 | > as lemmascold creeps 2. A sensation as of things creeping over one's body; a nervous shrinking or shiver of dread or horror. Usually in plural, the creeps or cold creeps (colloquial). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > sensation of something creeping on skin > [noun] pricklea1400 creeping1799 the creeps1849 the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [noun] > shudder or shuddering > shiver or the creeps creeping1799 creep1849 1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) iii. 29 She was constantly complaining of the cold, and of its occasioning a visitation in her back which she called ‘the creeps’. 1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story (1866) II. 391 I felt a creep of undefinable horror. 1879 A. Forbes in Daily News 21 Aug. 5/3 It gives you the creeps all down the small of the back. 1884 Athenæum 15 Mar. 340/1. < as lemmas |
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