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单词 creep
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Examples of 'creep' in a sentence
creep

Little flaws creep in and can be hard to remove.It was just creeping up on us.The picture made her realise her weight had crept up without her realising.The best anyone hoped for was gradual creeping reform.United have quietly been creeping back to form. Doubts crept in as she grew older but her mum refused to discuss it.The lack had crept up slowly with the years.This means that the cost of home loans is creeping gradually higher.He should instead creep in by little and little.Plan how to get back on track if your weight begins to creep up.All three deal with problems that creep quietly below the surface of society.Equity release products have been creeping back. Doubts creep in only when you are not winning.Smart sections are slowly creeping across the network without the knowledge of many motorists.These challenging ideas creep up gradually on anyone reading this book.It just crept up on them while they were busy doing other things.My weight just crept up and up.There are countless examples of the milestone turning into a millstone as the prospect of three figures creeps closer.Youth unemployment crept closer to one million in the three months to February.There followed a few years in the regions and a gradual creep back to London.With rucksack still strapped to your back, creep closer.It was a gradual, creeping process.

In other languages
creep

British English: creep /kriːp/ VERB
person If you creep somewhere, you move in a very slow and quiet way.
He crept up the stairs.
  • American English: creep
  • Arabic: يَزْحَفُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: andar devagar
  • Chinese: 悄悄地缓慢前进
  • Croatian: šuljati se
  • Czech: plížit se
  • Danish: krybe
  • Dutch: sluipen
  • European Spanish: moverse sigilosamente
  • Finnish: hiipiä
  • French: ramper
  • German: schleichen
  • Greek: έρπω
  • Italian: avanzare furtivamente
  • Japanese: こっそり歩く
  • Korean: 살금살금 움직이다
  • Norwegian: krype
  • Polish: skradać się
  • European Portuguese: arrastar-se
  • Romanian: a se târî
  • Russian: красться
  • Latin American Spanish: moverse lentamente
  • Swedish: smyga
  • Thai: เคลื่อนที่อย่างช้าๆ
  • Turkish: sessizce çıkmak
  • Ukrainian: крастися
  • Vietnamese: bò trườn
British English: creep /kriːp/ VERB
animal If an animal creeps, it moves along close to the ground.
The mouse crept across the room.
  • American English: creep
  • Arabic: يَزْحَفُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: arrastar-se
  • Chinese: 爬行
  • Croatian: gmizati
  • Czech: plazit se
  • Danish: krybe
  • Dutch: kruipen
  • European Spanish: arrastrarse
  • Finnish: hiipiä
  • French: ramper
  • German: kriechen
  • Greek: έρπω
  • Italian: strisciare
  • Japanese: はう
  • Korean: 기다
  • Norwegian: krype
  • Polish: skradać się
  • European Portuguese: rastejar
  • Romanian: a se târî
  • Russian: ползти
  • Latin American Spanish: arrastrarse
  • Swedish: krypa
  • Thai: คลาน
  • Turkish: geçmek
  • Ukrainian: плазувати
  • Vietnamese:
British English: creep VERB
When people or animals creep somewhere, they move quietly and slowly.
Back I go to the hotel and creep up to my room.
  • American English: creep
  • Brazilian Portuguese: rastejar
  • Chinese: 悄悄地缓慢行进
  • European Spanish: moverse sigilosamente
  • French: ramper
  • German: schleichen
  • Italian: andare furtivamente
  • Japanese: はう
  • Korean: 살금살금 걷다
  • European Portuguese: rastejar
  • Latin American Spanish: moverse sigilosamente

All related terms of 'creep'

Chinese translation of 'creep'

creep

(kriːp)
Word forms:ptpp crept

vi

  1. [person, animal]
    to creep up/down/into sth 蹑(躡)手蹑(躡)脚(腳)地走上/下/进(進)某处(處) (nièshǒunièjiǎo de zǒushàng/xià/jìn mǒuchù)
  2. [mist]
    to creep in 不知不觉(覺)地到来(來) (bù zhī bù jué de dàolái)
  3. [inflation, rate, price]
    to creep up 渐(漸)渐(漸)上升 (jiànjiàn shàngshēng)
  4. [mistakes, complacency, doubts]
    to creep in 渐(漸)渐(漸)产(產)生 (jiànjiàn chǎnshēng)

n (c)

  1. (inf, = person) 马(馬)屁精 (mǎpìjīng) (个(個), )
    it makes my flesh creep 使我毛骨悚然 (shǐ wǒ máo gǔ sǒngrán)
    to creep up on sb [person] 悄悄靠近某人 (qiāoqiāo kàojìn mǒurén) [feeling] 不知不觉(覺)地降临(臨)到某人身上 (bù zhī bù jué de jiànglín dào mǒurén shēn shang)
    it gives me the creeps (inf) 这(這)使我毛骨悚然 (zhè shǐ wǒ máo gǔ sǒngrán)

All related terms of 'creep'

(verb) 
Definition
to crawl with the body near to or touching the ground
The rabbit crept off and hid in a hole.
Synonyms
crawl
I began to crawl on my hands and knees towards the door.
worm
wriggle
Bauman wriggled along the passage on his stomach.
squirm
He gave a feeble shrug and tried to squirm free.
slither
writhe
He was writhing on the floor in agony.
drag yourself
I managed to drag myself to the surgery.
edge
He edged closer to the door.
inch
crawl on all fours
(verb) 
Definition
to move quietly and cautiously
I went back to the hotel and crept up to my room.
Synonyms
sneak
Don't sneak away and hide.
steal
They can steal away at night and join us.
tiptoe
slink
He couldn't just slink away.
skulk
He skulked off.
approach unnoticed
(noun) 
Definition
an obnoxious or servile person
(slang) 
He's a smug, sanctimonious little creep.
Synonyms
bootlicker (informal)
sneak
sycophant
a dictator surrounded by sycophants
crawler (slang)
toady
Life was too short to become a toady to a megalomaniac.
brown-noser (taboo, slang)
ass-kisser (US, Canadian, taboo, slang)

phrasal verb

See creep to someone

idiom

See give someone the creeps

Additional synonyms

in the sense of drag yourself
I managed to drag myself to the surgery.
Synonyms
go slowly,
creep,
crawl,
inch,
shuffle,
shamble,
limp along,
move at a snail's pace,
advance slowly
in the sense of edge
Definition
to move very gradually in a particular direction
He edged closer to the door.
Synonyms
inch,
ease,
creep,
worm,
slink,
steal,
sidle,
work,
move slowly
in the sense of skulk
Definition
to move stealthily, so as to avoid notice
He skulked off.
Synonyms
creep,
sneak,
slink,
pad,
slope,
prowl,
sidle

Synonyms of 'creep'

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