单词 | creep |
释义 | creep [kri:p] verb intransitive usually + adverb or preposition (crept, crept) ■to move slowly, quietly and carefully, usually in order to avoid being noticed (通常指为避免注意而)缓慢行进,悄悄移动,潜行 •She turned off the light and crept through •Someone was creeping around •The spider crept up the wall.蜘蛛缓缓地爬上墙。 •The traffic was creeping along [kri:p] verb intransitive usually + adverb or preposition (crept, crept)Phrasal Verbs creep in/creep into sth mainly UK If mistakes creep in or creep into a piece of text, they are included despite efforts not to include them (错误)不知不觉地存在,无法避免地出现 •A few mistakes always creep in during the editing process.在编辑过程中总会不小心出几个错。 •One or two typing errors crept into the report.报告中有一两处不易察觉的打字错误。 ■to gradually start to be noticeable 逐渐显现;逐渐引起注意•Doubts began to creep into my mind [kri:p] verb intransitive usually + adverb or preposition (crept, crept)Phrasal Verbs creep over sb ■If a bad feeling creeps over someone, they gradually start to feel it (不好的感觉)渐渐向(某人)袭来 •A dangerous tiredness crept over her as she drove.她驾车时一阵危险的倦意向她袭来。 [kri:p] verb intransitive usually + adverb or preposition (crept, crept)Phrasal Verbs creep up ■If the value or amount of something creeps up, it slowly increases (价值或数量)慢慢增加,逐渐上升 •Over the last year, the rate of inflation has crept up to almost 7%.过去一年里,通货膨胀率逐渐上升,几乎达到了7%。 [kri:p] verb intransitive usually + adverb or preposition (crept, crept)Phrasal Verbs creep up on/behind sb ■to surprise someone by moving closer to them without them seeing or hearing you 从(某人)后面悄悄凑上去;蹑手蹑脚地从身后靠近(某人) •Don't creep up on me like that!别再那样悄没声地凑上来吓我一跳! •We crept up behind her and yelled "Boo!"我们蹑手蹑脚靠近她身后,大喊一声“哗!”。 [kri:p] verb intransitive usually + adverb or preposition (crept, crept)Phrasal Verbs creep up on sb ■If a feeling or state creeps up on someone, they start to experience it so gradually that they do not realise it (某人)不知不觉中体验到(某种情感或状态) •It was only after I turned 60 that old age began to creep up on me.上了60岁之后,我才感觉自己在不知不觉中已开始变老了。 [kri:p] noun informal PERSON 人 countable UK ■someone who tries to make someone more important like them by being very polite and helpful in a way that is not sincere 谄媚者,奴颜婢膝者,阿谀奉承者 •Making coffee for the boss again? You creep!又在给老板冲咖啡?你这个马屁精! countable ■an unpleasant person, especially a man 讨厌鬼,令人恶心的人(尤指男人) •He was a real creep - he was always staring at me in the canteen.他真是个讨厌鬼——在饭厅里他老盯着我看。 •[as form of address] Leave me alone, you creep!让我一个人静一静,你这个讨厌鬼! [kri:p] noun informal give sb the creeps ■to cause someone to have uncomfortable feelings of nervousness or fear 使(某人)毛骨悚然;使(某人)紧张害怕 •Living next to a graveyard would give me the creeps.住在墓地旁边会令我毛骨悚然。 |
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