creep

英 [kriːp]

美 [kriːp]

v.  悄悄地缓慢行进; 蹑手蹑脚地移动; 匍匐; 爬行; 非常缓慢地行进; 不知不觉产生; 渐渐出现
n.  讨厌鬼; 讨好卖乖的人; 谄媚奉承的人; 马屁精

过去式：crept　现在分词：creeping　过去分词：crept　第三人称单数：creeps　复数：creeps　

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短语动词

短语用例

creep in/into sth

• 开始发生（或影响）
  to begin to happen or affect sth
  1. I crept up the stairs, trying not to wake my parents.
     为了尽量不吵醒父母，我蹑手蹑脚地上了楼。

creep up

• （数量、价格等）逐渐增长
  to gradually increase in amount, price, etc.
  1. Her arms crept around his neck.
     她的双臂慢慢地搂住了他的脖子。
  2. A slight feeling of suspicion crept over me.
     我渐渐地产生了一丝疑虑。

creep up on sb

• （通常从后面）缓慢地悄悄靠近
  to move slowly nearer to sb, usually from behind, without being seen or heard
• （尤指不知不觉地）开始影响（某人）
  to begin to affect sb, especially before they realize it

习惯用语

v.

make your flesh creep
• 使起鸡皮疙瘩；令人毛骨悚然；使人十分厌恶
  to make you feel afraid or full of disgust

n.

give sb the creeps
• 吓人；使惊慌；使心里发毛
  to make sb feel nervous and slightly frightened, especially because sb/sth is unpleasant or strange

牛津词典

verb

• 悄悄地缓慢行进；蹑手蹑脚地移动
  to move slowly, quietly and carefully, because you do not want to be seen or heard
  1. I crept up the stairs, trying not to wake my parents.
     为了尽量不吵醒父母，我蹑手蹑脚地上了楼。
• 匍匐；爬行
  to move with your body close to the ground; to move slowly on your hands and knees
• 非常缓慢地行进；不知不觉产生；渐渐出现
  to move or develop very slowly
  1. Her arms crept around his neck.
     她的双臂慢慢地搂住了他的脖子。
  2. A slight feeling of suspicion crept over me.
     我渐渐地产生了一丝疑虑。
• 蔓生；蔓延
  to grow along the ground or up walls using long stems or roots
• 谄媚；巴结；拍马屁
  to be too friendly or helpful to sb in authority in a way that is not sincere, especially in order to get an advantage from them

noun

• 讨厌鬼
  a person that you dislike very much and find very unpleasant
  1. He's a nasty little creep!
     他真让人讨厌！
• 讨好卖乖的人；谄媚奉承的人；马屁精
  a person who is not sincere but tries to win your approval by being nice to you

柯林斯词典

• VERB (人或动物)悄悄地缓慢行进，蹑手蹑脚地移动
  When people or animalscreepsomewhere, they move quietly and slowly.
  1. Back I go to the hotel and creep up to my room...
     我回到旅馆，蹑手蹑脚地上楼回到房间。
  2. The rabbit creeps away and hides in a hole.
     兔子悄悄溜走，藏进洞里。
• VERB 缓慢移动
  If somethingcreepssomewhere, it moves very slowly.
  1. Mist had crept in again from the sea.
     薄雾又从海面上弥漫过来了。
• VERB 不知不觉地发生
  If somethingcreepsin orcreepsback, it begins to occur or becomes part of something without people realizing or without them wanting it.
  1. Insecurity might creep in...
     可能会不知不觉地产生不安全感。
  2. An increasing ratio of mistakes, perhaps induced by tiredness, crept into her game.
     可能是由于体力不支，她在比赛中的失误越来越多。
  3. ...a proposal that crept through unnoticed at the National Council in December...
     一项于12月份在全国委员会不声不响获得通过的提议
  4. Now his other major works are creeping back into concert programmes...
     现在他的其他主要作品又悄然出现在音乐会节目单上。
  5. Their organisation has been subjected to creeping privatisation since 1981.
     自1981年以来他们的组织已经被逐渐私有化了。
• VERB (比率或数值)逐渐增长
  If a rate or numbercreeps upto a higher level, it gradually reaches that level.
  1. The inflation rate has been creeping up to 9.5 per cent...
     通货膨胀率已攀升至9.5%。
  2. The average number of students in each class is creeping up from three to four.
     每个班的平均学生人数已经从3人增长到了4人。
• 讨厌鬼; (尤指)讨好卖乖的人，马屁精
  If you describe someone as acreep, you mean that you dislike them a great deal, especially because they are insincere and flatter people.
• PHRASE 吓人;使惊慌;使心里发毛
  If someone or somethinggivesyouthe creeps, they make you feel very nervous or frightened.
  1. I always hated that statue. It gave me the creeps.
     我一直都很讨厌那座雕像。它让我心里发毛。
• tomakesomeone'sflesh creep→ see:flesh

英英释义

noun

• a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
  1. a crawl was all that the injured man could manage
  2. the traffic moved at a creep
  Synonym:crawlcrawlingcreeping
• a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
• a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
• someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
  Synonym:weirdoweirdieweirdyspook

verb

• move slowly
  1. The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed
  Synonym:crawl
• to go stealthily or furtively
  1. ..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house
  Synonym:sneakmousepussyfoot
• grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
  1. ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings
• show submission or fear
  Synonym:fawncrawlcringecowergrovel

双语例句

• It resists creep under load and the heat stabilizer system extends its retention of properties at elevated temperatures.
  它抗蠕变性和载荷下的热稳定系统扩展其在高温下保持性能。
• Internal force effects in a component due to creep and shrinkage shall be considered.
  应考虑在一构件内由于徐变和收缩引起的内部力效应。
• Plastic deformation and creep are highly undesirable, resilience is favourable.
  塑性形变和蠕变是很不利的，回弹性则是有利的。
• Insecurity might creep in
  可能会不知不觉地产生不安全感。
• Excellent resistance to creep under load, and maintains the inherent chemical and electrical properties associated with polyesters.
  优异的耐蠕变负荷下，保持固有的化学和电气性能与聚酯相关。
• I would creep in and with stealthy footsteps explore the second-floor
  我会偷偷溜进去，轻手轻脚地查看一下二楼。
• Back I go to the hotel and creep up to my room
  我回到旅馆，蹑手蹑脚地上楼回到房间。
• Now his other major works are creeping back into concert programmes
  现在他的其他主要作品又悄然出现在音乐会节目单上。
• The rabbit creeps away and hides in a hole.
  兔子悄悄溜走，藏进洞里。
• Effects of some PP fibers and polymer emulsion on impact resistance and creep behavior of cement mortar were studied.
  研究了聚丙烯纤维和聚合物乳液对水泥砂浆试样抗冲击性能和抗徐变应变性能的影响。