[VERB 动词]爬;爬行;匍匐前进 When you crawl, you move forward on your hands and knees.
[V]
[V prep/adv]
Don't worry if your baby seems a little reluctant to crawl or walk...
如果你的宝宝不爱爬也不爱走,不要担心。
I began to crawl on my hands and knees towards the door...
我开始手脚并用朝门口爬去。
As he tried to crawl away, he was hit in the shoulder.
他试图爬走时肩膀中枪了。
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[VERB 动词](昆虫)爬行 When an insect crawls somewhere, it moves there quite slowly.
[V prep]
I watched the moth crawl up the outside of the lampshade.
我看着飞蛾爬到灯罩外面。
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[VERB 动词]缓慢行进;艰难前进 If someone or something crawls somewhere, they move or progress slowly or with great difficulty.
[V prep/adv]
[V]
[a N]
I crawled out of bed at nine-thirty...
我9点半才勉强从床上爬起来。
They had not foreseen the higher inflation in France when most of Western Europe was crawling out of recession...
当西欧的大多数国家正从经济衰退中缓慢复苏时,他们并没有预见到法国的通货膨胀率会升高。
Hairpin turns force the car to crawl at 10 miles an hour in some places.
在一些地段,U形弯路使得汽车只能以每小时10英里的速度缓慢行进。
Crawl is also a noun.
The traffic on the approach road slowed to a crawl.
引路上车辆行驶缓慢。
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[VERB 动词]挤满,爬满(人或动物) If you say that a place is crawling with people or animals, you are emphasizing that it is full of them.
[V with n]
[only cont]
[emphasis]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
This place is crawling with police.
这个地方全是警察。
...rock-hard earth littered with rubbish and crawling with vermin.
丢满垃圾、爬满虫子的坚硬土地
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[N-SING 单数名词]爬泳;自由泳The crawl is a kind of swimming stroke which you do lying on your front, swinging one arm over your head, and then the other arm.
[the N]
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[PHRASE 短语]使震惊;使生厌 If something makes your skin crawl or makes your flesh crawl, it makes you feel shocked or disgusted.
[V inflects]
I hated this man, his very touch made my skin crawl.
我讨厌这个男人,他碰我一下我都觉得恶心。
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See also:
kerb-crawling
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pub crawl
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Oxford
crawl/krɔːl; NAmEkrɔːl/
verb
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noun
crawlcrawlscrawledcrawlingverb1[intransitive ](+ adv./prep.)to move forward on your hands and knees, with your body close to the ground 爬;爬行;匍匐行进◆Our baby is just starting to crawl.我们的宝宝刚开始会爬。◆A man was crawling away from the burning wreckage.一个男人正从燃烧着的残骸爬着往外逃。2[intransitive ](+ adv./prep.)when an insect crawls,it moves forward on its legs (昆虫)爬行◆There's a spider crawling up your leg.有只蜘蛛正顺着你的腿往上爬。3[intransitive ](+ adv./prep.)to move forward very slowly 缓慢行进◆The traffic was crawling along.来往车辆缓缓而行。◆The weeks crawled by.几个星期慢慢地过去了。4[intransitive ]crawl(to sb) ( informal,disapproving) 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 卑躬屈膝;谄媚;巴结;拍马屁◆She's always crawling to the boss.她对老板总是谄媚奉承。IDIOMsee
skin
n.,
woodwork
PHRASAL VERBbe ˈcrawling with sth( informal) to be full of or completely covered with people, insects or animals, in a way that is unpleasant 挤满;爬满◆The place was crawling with journalists.这地方挤满了记者。◆Her hair was crawling with lice.她的头发上爬满了虱子。noun _swimming_comp.jpg _crawl.jpg 1[singular ]a very slow speed 缓慢的速度◆The traffic slowed to a crawl.来往的车辆放缓速度慢慢前行。☞see also
pub crawl
2(oftenthe crawl )[singular , uncountable ]a fast swimming stroke that you do lying on your front moving one arm over your head, and then the other, while kicking with your feet 爬泳;自由泳◆a swimmer doing the crawl游自由泳的运动员crawl/krɔːl; NAmEkrɔːl/
1crawl (1)to move along on your hands and knees with your body close to the groundcrawl along/across etc The baby crawled across the floor.2if an insect crawls, it moves using its legscrawl over/up etc There’s a bug crawling up your leg.3crawl into/out of bed to get into or out of bed slowly because you are very tired: We crawled into bed at 2 am.4if a vehicle crawls, it moves forward very slowlycrawl by/along etc The traffic was crawling along.5 British English informal to be too pleasant or helpful to someone in authority, especially because you want them to help you – used to show disapprovalcrawl to She’s always crawling to the boss.6be crawling with something to be completely covered with insects, people etc: The floor was crawling with ants. The whole place was crawling with cops.7crawl the Net/web if a computer program crawls the Net, it quickly searches the Internet to find the particular information you need → spider: robots that crawl the net searching out e-mail addresses for junk mailing
crawl1 verb
crawl2 noun
crawlcrawl2 noun [singular]
Examples
Collocations
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1a very slow speed: The traffic had slowed to a crawl.2 the crawl a way of swimming in which you lie on your stomach and move one arm, and then the other, over your head → backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly
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