creep

[kri:p]

vi.蹑手蹑脚地走, 爬, 渐渐出现, 蔓延, 毛骨悚然
n.卑鄙小人, 爬,徐行,蠕动

vi.

1. 蹑手蹑足地走; 缓慢地行进[Q]

She crept into the room and kissed the sleeping child.

她悄悄地走进房间, 吻了吻睡着的孩子。

2. 不知不觉地到来; 渐渐产生[Q]

A smile crept across her face.

她脸上渐渐绽开笑容。

3. 爬行, 匍匐而行

A snake was creeping along the wall.

一条蛇正沿着墙爬行。

4. (植物)蔓延

Ivy creeps along the fence.

常春藤攀着篱笆生长。

5. (由于恐惧, 厌恶等)起鸡皮疙瘩, 汗毛直竖

The sight of the snake made her flesh creep.

她看到蛇就汗毛直竖。

6. 巴结, 奉承

n.

1. 爬, 蠕动[M][C]

2. 【俚】谄媚者, 卑鄙小人[C]

That creep always quarrels with his neighbors.

那个讨厌鬼老跟邻居吵架。

3. 毛骨悚然的感觉[the P]

His ghost story gave the children the creeps.

他讲的鬼故事使孩子们毛骨悚然。

词形变化

动词过去式: crept | 动词过去分词: crept | 动词现在分词: creeping | 动词第三人称单数: creeps |

词义辨析

同义:

v.爬行, 蠕动

crawl  crawl on all fours  wriggle  wiggle  worm  inch along  lag behind  snake  writhe  belly

v.偷偷前进, 缓慢行进

skulk  slink  move stealthily  steal  sneak up on  come up on

v.蜷缩

cower  crouch  cringe  grovel

v.潜伸

slip  slide  shift  move  

同义参见:

sneak  slink  drag  rascal  prowl  lurk  insect  crawl  

英英释义

名词 creep:

someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

同义词：weirdo, weirdie, weirdy, spook

a slow longitudinal movement or deformation

a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot

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

同义词：crawl, crawling, creeping

动词 creep:

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

同义词：crawl

to go stealthily or furtively

同义词：sneak, mouse, pussyfoot

grow in such a way as to cover (a building)

同义词：grow over

show submission or fear

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

补充

creepcreep英:[kri:p] 美:[krip]vi.1.蹑手蹑足地走, 缓慢地行进The hunter crept up to the deer.猎人蹑手蹑脚地走近那头鹿。2.爬行, 匍匐The dog crept under the car to hide.狗爬到汽车下藏着。

例句

1. Back I go to the hotel and creep up to my room.我回到旅馆, 蹑手蹑脚地上楼进入我的房间。 2. The rabbit creeps away and hides in a hole.那只兔子悄悄溜走, 藏进洞里。 3. I had to park some distance away and creep across darkened fields.我不得不把车停在很远的地方, 然后小心翼翼地穿过漆黑的田野。 4. Their organization has been subjected to creeping privatization since 1981.自1981年起他们的组织就逐步私有化了。 5. She has a pathological aversion to creeping.她对阿谀奉承深恶痛绝。 6. a simple desire to creep to the boss巴结老板的简单愿望 7. My flesh creeps when I think about it一想起它我就会起鸡皮疙瘩。 8. Leave me alone, you little creep.一边去, 你个讨厌鬼！ 9. The tortoise crept along at a very slow speed.乌龟以极慢的速度向前爬。 10. She crept downstairs and opened the front door quite softly.她悄悄地走下楼，轻轻地打开前门。 11. Old age creeps upon one unawares.暮年不知不觉地来到。 12. The grapevine creeps along the wall.葡萄藤沿墙蔓延。 13. It is hard to prevent concrete from creeping.防止混凝土变形是很不容易的。 14. The sight of snakes makes my flesh creep.我一见到蛇，身上就起鸡皮疙瘩。 15. he crept downstairs, hardly making any noise.他蹑手蹑脚地下楼，几乎没发出什么声响。 16. they were taught how to creep up on an enemy.他们被训练如何悄悄地爬近敌人。 17. the fog was creeping up from the marsh.雾慢慢从沼泽地升起。 18. [as adj. creeping]tufts of fine leaves grow on creeping rhizomes.蔓生植物的根茎上长出了一簇簇纤细的叶子。 19. errors crept into his game.他在比赛中不经意地犯了错误。 20. [as adj. creeping]the creeping privatization of the health service.公共医疗卫生服务逐渐的私有化。 21. interest rates have been creeping up in the past few weeks.在过去的几星期里，利率保持了缓慢增长的势态。 22. an attempt to prevent this slow creep of costs.防止成本缓慢增长的努力。 23. stones and earth slowly slip down the slopes by soil creep.石和土随着土壤蠕变缓缓滑下斜坡。 24. She crept into the room so as not to wake him up.她悄悄地走进房间，生怕吵醒他。 25. The traffic was only creeping along.车辆只是在缓慢前进。 26. All sorts of changes are beginning to creep into the education system.教育制度渐渐起了各种各样的变化。 27. There's something about him that gives me the creeps.他身上有种东西让我觉得讨厌。 28. A spider was creeping [=crawling] along the bathroom floor.一只蜘蛛在浴室地板上爬着。 29. She crept toward the edge of the roof and looked over.她爬向屋檐，仔细查看。 30. I caught him creeping down the stairs to the kitchen.他蹑手蹑脚地下楼去厨房，正好被我撞见。 31. She crept into bed next to her sleeping husband.她蹑手蹑脚地爬上床，挨着她酣睡的丈夫躺下。 32. The hours crept by as we waited for morning.我们等待着天亮，时间过得好慢。 33. a train creeping through the town缓缓开过小镇的火车 34. The price of gasoline has crept back up to three dollars a gallon.汽油价格缓慢回升到三美元一加仑。 35. A few mistakes crept in during the last revision of the paper.在论文最后一次修改中发现了几处原本不容易被发现的错误。 36. new words creeping into the language一些不知不觉出现在语言中的新词 37. ivy creeping up a wall蔓生到墙上的常春藤 38. a creeping vine蔓生的葡萄藤 39. "He's been creeping (up) to the boss for months, so it's no surprise he got a promotion."他这几个月一直在巴结老板，怪不得得到了升迁。 40. That guy really creeps me out.那家伙真让我毛骨悚然。 41. I felt creeped out being alone in the office at night.晚上一个人待在办公室里，我心里直发毛。 42. We tried to creep up on [=sneak up on] them but they heard our footsteps.我们试图悄悄靠近他们，但他们听到了我们的脚步声。 43. Old age creeps up on us.不经意间我们都上了年纪。 44. The deadline crept up on me.他们的最后期限不知不觉就到了。 45. The thought of touching that slimy mess makes my skin creep.光是想到要摸那些黏糊糊的脏东西我就全身起鸡皮疙瘩。 46. "Leave me alone, you creep! [=jerk, weirdo]"离我远点，你这个讨厌鬼！ 47. I get the creeps every time he walks by.每次他从我身边走过，我都感到心里发毛。 48. I hate snakes. They give me the creeps.我讨厌蛇。它们令我心里发毛。 49. That guy gives me the creeps.那家伙令我毛骨悚然。