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单词 crawler
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crawlern.

Brit. /ˈkrɔːlə/, U.S. /ˈkrɔlər/, /ˈkrɑlər/
Etymology: < crawl v.1 + -er suffix1.
1.
a. One who or that which crawls; a crawling creature, a reptile, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > by locomotion > [noun] > that creeps
wormc893
reptilea1393
serpentc1440
creeper1577
crawler1649
creepy-crawly1858
the world > movement > progressive motion > moving along with hands and feet or with body prone > [noun] > creeping or crawling > one who or that which
creeperc1440
crawler1649
1649 R. Lovelace Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs 140 Unarm'd of Wings.., Unhappy Crawler on the Land.
1755 E. Young Centaur vi, in Wks. (1757) IV. 247 Thou child of the dust..Thou crawler on earth.
1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) v. i. 150 The man who dies by the adder's fang May have the crawler crush'd.
1836 W. Irving Astoria I. 256 Ignorant crawlers upon earth.
b. spec. A louse. ? Obsolete. Cf. creeper n.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > group Anoplura > order Siphunculata > member of genus Pediculus (louse)
lousec725
mysea1450
creeper1577
Welsh cricket1592
crawler1787
liceling1791
greyback1840
seam-squirrel1899
toto1918
1787 ‘P. Pindar’ Lousiad: Canto II 39 in Lousiad: Canto I (ed. 4) That we your Cooks are such a nasty crew..as to have Crawlers in our head.
1825 A. Knapp & W. Baldwin Newgate Cal. IV. 27/2 Crawlers were found in his wounds.
c. One who swims the crawl-stroke. ? Obsolete.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > swimming > stroke > specific > swimmer of specific stroke
water treader1855
breaststroker1870
trudgen swimmer1893
trudger1902
crawler1912
1912 F. Sachs Compl. Swimmer 149 The majority of crawlers will complete one length of a bath—usually about 30 yards—without breathing at all.
2. colloquial. A cab moving slowly along the streets in search of a fare.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > hackney carriage > moving along in search of fare
crawler1865
1865 G. Meredith Rhoda Fleming x Seeing that London cabs—crawlers..could when paid for it, do their business like lightning.
1871 Daily News 14 Aug. To amend the Hackney Carriage Act, in order to prevent what are called ‘crawlers’ plying along the streets.
3. figurative. (a) One who acts in a mean or servile way; (b) a lazy person, loiterer.
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the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > servile person
clienta1393
snivelard1398
a dog for (also to) the bowc1405
fawnerc1440
snivellerc1450
slave1521
footstool1531
minion1560
footman1567
cringer1582
earthworm1583
yea-sayer1584
croucher1587
creeper1589
sneak-up1598
spaniel1598
sneak-cupa1616
servile1632
puppy dog1651
clientelary1655
lackey1692
groveling1708
prostite1721
prostitute1721
toad-eater1742
groveller1779
cringeling1798
creeping Jesusc1818
toady1826
truckler1827
crawler1847
flunkey1854
doormat1861
dog robber1863
heeler1875
slaveling1884
bootlicker1890
fetch-and-carry1905
poodle1907
yes-woman1927
ass-licker1939
ass-kisser1951
chamcha1966
fart-catcher1971
1847 A. Harris Settlers & Convicts i. 6 It [sc. the sight of Sydney from the harbour] gives, even from the distance, a presage of the stirring, downright earnest life..that so strongly characterizes the race that lives, and breathes, and strives around: a race with whom it is one of the worst reproaches to be a crawler.
1856 G. H. Boker Poems (1857) II. 104 That scheming crawler.
1880 Silver's Handbk. Austral. 289 Crawlers are not wanted, and will soon discover that they are in the way.
1900 H. Lawson Over Sliprails 261 The rest were crawlers, mostly pub spielers and bush larrikins.
1912 R. B. Booth Five Years N.Z. vii. 39 A rough lot of characters were..seen there..the wretched debauched crawler, the villainous-looking ‘lag’.
c1926 ‘Mixer’ Transport Workers' Song Bk. 82 Who is dinkum, who's a crawler?
1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 21 Mar. 40/3 I promised myself that if ever I met the crawler I'd flay him alive.
1957 ‘N. Culotta’ They're Weird Mob (1958) xiii. 203 Don't overdo the generosity. That will make you a ‘crawler’ which is nearly as bad as being a bludger.
4. A domesticated animal of slow movements. Australian.
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the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > of slow movements
crawler1853
1853 C. B. Hall in T. F. Bride Lett. Vict. Pioneers (1898) 218 On this run, out of 1,500 head of cattle, all had been driven off but about 30 ‘crawlers’.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xviii The herd..consisted almost wholly of the well-bred station ‘crawlers’, as the stockmen term them from their peaceable and orderly habits.
1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 20 Crawler,..a cow, calf or bullock of peacable [sic] habits.
5. Chiefly plural. An overall garment put on a child in order that it can crawl and still keep its ordinary clothes clean.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > that covers or protects other clothing > overall > types of
sliver1847
crawler1891
paddlers1928
dungarees1930
1891 Cassell's Family Mag. 340/2 A child's quilt or ‘crawler’ is a useful nursery appendage.
1923 Daily Mail 11 Jan. 4 Children's Crawlers.
1923 Weekly Disp. 18 Feb. 15 A new style of crawler has just been designed.
1924 A. Huxley Little Mexican 202 A little toddling creature in blue crawlers.
1926 Brit. Weekly 30 Dec. 360/3 A tiny boy in crawlers.
1937 M. Allingham Dancers in Mourning xiii. 171 You were in crawlers when I was kicking my heels about.
6. In full crawler tractor. A kind of tractor moving on an endless chain; also elliptical. So crawler track.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicles with other means of motion > [noun] > tracked vehicle
caterpillar tractor1908
crawler tractor1922
swamp buggy1941
weasel1944
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicles with other means of motion > [noun] > tracked vehicle > track of
track1884
crawler track1954
1922 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 739/1 The crawler type..can pass over marshy land where the wheeled tractor would be mired.
1926 Encycl. Brit. Suppl. III. 796/1 The crawler tractor had one or two continuous-chain tracks on which it ran and which it carried with it.
1936 Forestry 10 88 The modern track-laying or ‘Crawler’ tractor with its great flexibility and speed is replacing horse-dragging.
1954 Highway Engin. Terms (B.S.I.) 45 Crawler track, a device, consisting of an endless chain of plates which bear upon the ground, used in place of wheels on vehicles or equipment intended for traversing soft or natural ground.
1955 ‘N. Shute’ Requiem for Wren 6 There were now four big diesel tractors on the place, one of them a crawler.
1959 Times Rev. Industry June 75/1 Largest single shipment of..crawler tractors since production began.
1962 Flight Internat. 82 209/1 The use of a 2,500 ton crawler vehicle to carry each Saturn..from assembly building to launch pad.
1962 Flight Internat. 82 209/1 All other launch equipment..will be transported to the pad by the crawler.
1968 New Scientist 26 Dec. 714/1 The problem of operating mounted ploughs appeared to be insuperable—one reason for the diminishing popularity of the crawler.

Draft additions March 2004

Computing. = spider n.
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society > computing and information technology > data > database > [noun] > access or retrieval > searching > means of
search engine1978
browser1980
navigator1988
crawler1994
1994 Re: Q: FORMS, is there a Guide/Reference? in comp.infosystems.www.misc (Usenet newsgroup) 16 Sept. Alternatively you can start and search the web with some spider, crawler or other search engine.
1995 Network Observer (Electronic text) Aug. Could Web client producers create their own crawlers that search for features that are specific to their competitors' clients?
2001 Teacher Librarian (Nexis) 1 Oct. 20 Creators of porn sites place misleading text like ‘pokemon’ or ‘pokeman’ on their pages to trick search engine crawlers into thinking they are relevant.., pushing these sites to the top of the hit list.
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