| 单词 | crawl |
| 释义 | crawl v. & n. --vintr. 1. move slowly, esp. on hands and knees. 2. (of an insect, snake, etc.) move slowly with the body close to the ground etc. 3. walk or move slowly (the train crawled into the station). 4. (often foll. by to) colloq. behave obsequiously or ingratiatingly in the hope of advantage. 5. (often foll. by with) be covered or filled with crawling or moving things, or with people etc. compared to this. 6. (esp. of the skin) feel a creepy sensation. 7. swim with a crawl stroke. --n 1. an act of crawling. 2. a slow rate of movement. 3. a high-speed swimming stroke with alternate overarm movements and rapid straight-legged kicks. 4. a (usu. in comb.) colloq. a leisurely journey between places of interest (church-crawl). b = pub-crawl. Derivatives crawlingly adv. crawly adj. (in senses 5, 6 of v.). Etymology: ME: orig. unkn.: cf. Sw. kravla, Da. kravle |
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