crawl

[krɔ:l]

v.爬行, 卑躬屈膝, 自由式游泳
n.爬行, 匍匐而行, [体]自由式游泳

vi.

1. 爬, 爬行, 蠕动

He watched the baby crawl across the room.

他看着婴儿从房间这边爬到那边。

2. 缓慢地移动, 徐徐行进

It was rush hour and we crawled along at 15 miles an hour.

遇上了高峰时间, 我们的车子以每小时十五英里的速度缓慢行驶。

3. (常用进行时)(为虫, 蚁等)爬满, 充斥着[(+with)]

The lawn was crawling with ants.

草坪上爬满了蚂蚁。

4. (由于恐惧, 厌恶等)起鸡皮疙瘩, 汗毛直竖

My skin crawled when I heard a sudden shriek in the dead of night.

夜晚万籁俱寂时突然听到一声尖叫, 吓得我汗毛直竖。

5. 谄媚奉承, 巴结[(+to)]

He never crawls to his superiors.

他对上司从不卑躬屈膝。

6. 用爬式(或自由式)游泳

7. (植物)蔓延, 蔓生

The rosebush crawls along the fence.

蔷薇沿篱笆蔓生。

vt.

1. 在……上爬行; 在……上蔓生

2. 【俚】斥责, 训斥

The boss crawled him for loafing on the job.

老板因他磨洋工而训斥他。

n.

1. 爬行; 缓慢的行进[S]

Traffic was slowed to a crawl.

来往车辆只得减低速度十分缓慢地行驶。

2. 爬泳, 自由式游泳[the S]

词形变化

副词: crawlingly | 动词过去式: crawled | 动词过去分词: crawled | 动词现在分词: crawling | 动词第三人称单数: crawls |

词义辨析

同义:

v.爬, 爬行

creep  crawl on all fours  worm  drag oneself along  pull oneself along  trail  go on all fours  belly  inch  wriggle  drag

v.偷偷溜走

skulk  slink  move stealthily  sneak  sneak up on  creep up on  come up on

v.充满

be overrun with  be filled with  be full of  swarm with  be swamped with

v.皱缩

cower  cringe  toady  fawn  grovel  

英英释义

名词 crawl:

a very slow movement

a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick

同义词：front crawl, Australian crawl

a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

同义词：crawling, creep, creeping

动词 crawl:

move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

同义词：creep

feel as if crawling with insects

be crawling with

show submission or fear

同义词：fawn, creep, cringe, cower, grovel

swim by doing the crawl

补充

crawlcrawl英:[krɔ:l] 美:[krɔl]vi.1.爬, 爬行; 徐缓而行We learn to crawl before we learn to walk.我们学会走路之前先要学会爬。2.巴结, 奉承n.1.缓慢的爬行2.自由式游泳

例句

1. Her baby is now crawling.她的宝宝现在会爬了。 2. He crawled, slowly, on all fours, through the crowd.他四肢着地在人群中慢慢爬行。 3. Don't worry if your baby seems a little reluctant to crawl or walk.如果你的宝宝看起来有点不愿意爬或走, 不要担心。 4. The dying man had crawled a few yards.这个垂死的人爬了好几码。 5. I began to crawl on my hands and knees towards the door.我开始手脚并用地朝门口爬去。 6. There were flies crawling on the ground beneath his feet.他脚下的地面上有些苍蝇在爬动。 7. I watched the moth crawl up the outside of the lampshade.我注视着蛾子沿着灯罩的外侧往上爬。 8. The car barely crawled along the last 50 kilometres.在最后的50公里, 汽车几乎不向前挪动。 9. Hairpin turns force the car to crawl at ten miles an hour in some places.在某些路段, 急转弯迫使汽车以每小时10英里的速度缓慢行进。 10. I crawled out of bed at nine-thirty.我9点半才艰难地从床上爬起来。 11. The pile of refuse was crawling with insects.垃圾堆上爬满了虫子。 12. rock-hard earth littered with rubbish and crawling with vermin散落着垃圾、爬满了害虫的坚硬地面 13. hair that's crawling with lice爬满虱子的头发 14. This place is crawling with police.这个地方到处都是警察。 15. The place is crawling with celebrities.那地方遍地都是名人。 16. He won't just forgive you. He'll want you to crawl a bit first.他不会就这么原谅你。他会让你先点头哈腰一番。 17. Let's see who comes crawling to whom.我们来看看究竟是谁巴结谁。 18. Just the thought of it made her flesh crawl.一想到它, 她就感到恶心。 19. I hated this man, his very touch made my skin crawl.我讨厌这个男人, 他碰我一下都让我直起鸡皮疙瘩。 20. Can you do the crawl?你会游自由泳吗？ 21. The traffic on the approach road slowed to a crawl.引道上的车辆行驶缓慢。 22. We were driving along at a crawl.我们慢吞吞地开着车。 23. A child learns to crawl before he learns to walk.小孩在学走路之前先学爬。 24. The train crawled over the damaged bridge.火车缓缓地开过这座已损坏的桥梁。 25. His clothes were crawling with lice.他的衣服上爬满了虱子。 26. Boston ivies crawl along the wall.爬山虎在墙上蔓延。 27. He openly crawled to the boss.他公开地对老板拍马屁。 28. He crawled into the confidence of the boss.他偷偷地得到了老板的信任。 29. The ghost story made my skin crawl.这个闹鬼的故事使我毛骨悚然。 30. they crawled from under the table.他们从桌底爬过来。 31. the tiny spider was crawling up Nicky's arm.小蜘蛛慢慢爬上尼克的胳膊。 32. the traffic was crawling along.车辆缓缓而行。 33. a reporter's job can involve crawling to objectionable people.记者的工作可能需要逢迎讨厌的人。 34. glazes can crawl away from a crack in the piece.釉料可能会在裂缝处起皱。 35. the place was crawling with soldiers.这个地方挤满了士兵。 36. a person dying in a fire — doesn't it make your skin crawl?.人在火中垂死挣扎——难道那不让你毛骨悚然吗？。 37. they began the crawl back to their own lines.他们开始爬回各自的行列。 38. he reduced his speed to a crawl.他将速度减至极缓。 39. Their baby has just started to crawl.他们的婴孩刚开始会爬。 40. An insect crawled across the floor.一只昆虫在地板上爬过。 41. The traffic crawls through the centre of town in the rush-hour.高峰时刻车辆缓慢地穿过市中心。 42. He only got promoted because he crawled to the manager.他获得擢升只因为他对经理阿谀奉承。 43. The village is always crawling with tourists at this time of year.每年这个时候村里总是挤满游客。 44. The traffic slowed to a crawl.车辆减速，徐缓行进。 45. Does the baby crawl yet?宝宝会爬了吗？ 46. We got down on our knees and crawled through a small opening.我们跪下来，从一个小空隙中爬了过去。 47. The baby crawled across the floor toward her mother.宝宝在地板上爬向妈妈。 48. The soldiers crawled forward on their bellies.士兵们贴着地面匍匐前进。 49. The snake crawled into its hole.蛇爬进了洞。 50. There's a spider crawling [=moving forward on its legs] up the wall.墙上有一只蜘蛛在爬。 51. "They're doing construction on the road, so traffic is crawling."他们正在修路，因此车辆行驶缓慢。 52. "I worked late into the night, and it was 2 a.m. before I finally crawled into bed."我工作到深夜，最后爬上床睡觉时已是凌晨2点。 53. The bus crawled along the rough and narrow road.公共汽车在颠簸不平的狭窄道路上缓慢前行。 54. The days slowly crawled by.日子缓缓地流逝。 55. Traffic has crawled to a stop/standstill. [=has come to a complete stop after moving very slowly]车流移动缓慢，最后完全停了下来。 56. Work on the project has crawled to a standstill.项目进度缓慢，最后完全停滞了。 57. We all got into the old truck and crawled the streets of the city looking for him.我们全都挤进了这辆旧卡车，然后在城市街道上缓慢行驶，到处找他。 58. The courthouse is crawling [=teeming] with reporters today.法院今天挤满了记者。 59. The table was crawling with ants.桌上爬满了蚂蚁。 60. "He's been crawling [=creeping] to the boss for months, so it's no surprise he got a promotion."他巴结老板好几个月了，难怪能够得到升迁。 61. Don't come crawling to me for help later if you aren't going to listen to me now.要是你现在不听我的话，以后可别觍着脸来求我帮忙。 62. He's gone crawling back to his old girlfriend.他又卑躬屈膝地去讨好前女友了。 63. Just thinking about being down in that dark cave makes my skin crawl.一想到待在那个黑洞下面，我身上就起鸡皮疙瘩。 64. Both babies are crawlers now.两个婴儿现在都会爬了。 65. "Near the construction site, traffic had slowed to a crawl."来往的车辆在工地附近放缓速度慢慢前行。 66. The bus was moving along at a crawl.公共汽车在缓慢前行。 67. Her strongest stroke is the crawl.她最擅长的泳姿是自由泳。