| 词汇 | crawl |
| 释义 | crawl (noun) crawl 5 ENTRIES FOUND: crawl (verb) crawl (noun) crawl space (noun) pub crawl (noun) woodwork (noun) 1 crawl /ˈkrɑːl̟/ verb crawls; crawled; crawling 1 crawl /ˈkrɑːl̟/ verb crawls; crawled; crawling Learner's definition of CRAWL 1 [no object] a : to move on your hands and knees爬行 Does the baby crawl yet?宝宝会爬了吗？ 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。 The baby crawled across the floor toward her mother.宝宝在地板上爬向妈妈。 b : to move with the body close to or on the ground匍匐前进 The soldiers crawled forward on their bellies.士兵们贴着地面匍匐前进。 The snake crawled into its hole.蛇爬进了洞。 There's a spider crawling [=moving forward on its legs] up the wall.墙上有一只蜘蛛在爬。 2 a [no object] : to move slowly缓慢移动 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。 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。 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。 The days slowly crawled by.日子缓缓地流逝。 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。 Work on the project has crawled to a standstill.项目进度缓慢，最后完全停滞了。 b [+ object] : to move slowly on, across, or through (something)缓慢行进；缓慢走过 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。 3 [no object] : to be full of many people, insects, animals, etc.挤满；爬满；充满— usually used in the phrase be crawling with通常用于短语be crawling with The courthouse is crawling [=teeming] with reporters today.法院今天挤满了记者。 The table was crawling with ants.桌上爬满了蚂蚁。 4 [no object] British, informal + disapproving : to be extremely nice to someone in order to get approval or some advantage for yourself谄媚奉承；拍马屁；卑躬屈膝 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。 come/go crawling to informal ◊ If you come/go crawling (back) to someone, you go to someone for help or approval in a way that shows you are weak or sorry for what you have done.卑躬屈膝地求助；摇尾乞怜 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。 He's gone crawling back to his old girlfriend.他又卑躬屈膝地去讨好前女友了。 crawl out of the woodwork — see woodwork make your skin/flesh crawl ◊ If something makes your skin/flesh crawl, it causes you to have an uncomfortable feeling of fear or disgust.（因恐惧、厌恶等）全身起鸡皮疙瘩 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。 — crawler /ˈkrɑːlɚ/ noun, plural crawlers [count] Both babies are crawlers now.两个婴儿现在都会爬了。 — see also night crawler 2 crawl /ˈkrɑːl/ noun 2 crawl /ˈkrɑːl/ noun Learner's definition of CRAWL [singular] 1 : a very slow speed缓慢的速度 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。 The bus was moving along at a crawl.公共汽车在缓慢前行。 2 : a way of swimming in which the swimmer lies facing down in the water and moves first one arm over the head and then the other while kicking the legs爬泳；自由泳 Her strongest stroke is the crawl.她最擅长的泳姿是自由泳。 — see also pub crawl |
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