单词 | crawl |
释义 | Word Frequency crawl 1(krɔːl) verb (intransitive) 1. to move slowly, either by dragging the body along the ground or on the hands and knees 2. to proceed or move along very slowly or laboriously the traffic crawled along the road 3. to act or behave in a servile manner; fawn; cringe 4. to be or feel as if overrun by something unpleasant, esp crawling creatures the pile of refuse crawled with insects 5. (of insects, worms, snakes, etc) to move with the body close to the ground 6. to swim the crawl noun 7. a slow creeping pace or motion 8. Also called: Australian crawl, front crawl swimming a stroke in which the feet are kicked like paddles while the arms reach forward and pull back through the water Derived forms crawlingly (ˈcrawlingly) adverb Word origin C14: probably from Old Norse krafla to creep; compare Swedish kravla, Middle Low German krabbelen to crawl, Old Norse krabbi crab1Word Frequency crawl 2(krɔːl) noun an enclosure in shallow, coastal water for fish, lobsters, etc Word origin C17: from Dutch kraal kraal |
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