crawl

英[krɔːl] 美[krɔːl]
  • 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
crawlingly crawled crawled crawling crawls
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星级词汇:
  • crabbed adj.暴躁的；难辨认的；难懂的

详细释义

    v. (动词)
    1. vi. 爬,爬行,匍匐而行; 徐缓而行 move slowly with the body close to the ground, or on the hands and knees
    2. vi. 巴结,奉承 try to win the favor of sb in a powerful position by being too nice to them
    n. (名词)
    1. [S]缓慢的爬行 a very slow movement or speed
    2. [U]自由式 a rapid way of swimming while lying on one's stomach, moving first one arm and then the other over one's head

英英释义

Noun:
  1. a very slow movement;

    "the traffic advanced at a crawl"

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

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

    "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"
    "the traffic moved at a creep"

Verb:
  1. move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground;

    "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"

  2. feel as if crawling with insects;

    "My skin crawled--I was terrified"

  3. be full of;

    "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"

  4. show submission or fear

  5. swim by doing the crawl;

    "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"

双语例句

1. The traffic on the approach road slowed to a crawl.
引路上车辆行驶缓慢。

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2. 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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3. I was heading on a secret mission that made my flesh crawl.
我正要执行一项让我心惊肉跳的秘密任务。

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4. 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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5. The baby began to crawl, then managed her first tottering steps.
宝宝开始只是爬，后来第一次站起来蹒跚着走了几步。

来自柯林斯例句

    用作动词 (v.)
    1. The baby is just learning to crawl.
      那个婴儿正在学习爬行。
    2. Soldiers quietly crawl to advance to enemy.
      士兵们悄悄地向敌人匍匐前进。
    3. You must not crawl into the favor of your superiors.
      你不应卑躬屈膝地讨好你的上司。
    4. I hate people who creep and crawl to others.
      我讨厌那些阿谀奉承的人。
    5. European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl.
      欧洲小孩学习蛙泳；他们经常不知道怎样进行自由式游泳。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The crawl of snake is terrifying.
      蛇爬行起来真可怕。
    2. It was not a walk, not a run; it was a crawl.
      这不是走，也不是跑，而是爬。
    3. He can swim breaststroke, backstroke and crawl.
      他会游蛙泳、仰泳和自由泳。
    4. I'm best at the crawl, but I enjoy the breast stroke, too.
      我最擅长自由式，但也喜欢蛙式。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作不及物动词 S+～(+A)
    1. We learn to crawl before we learn to walk.
      我们学会走路之前先要学会爬。
    2. He's always crawling.
      他老是拍马屁。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Traffic was moving at a crawl.
      来往车辆在缓慢行驶。
    2. Can you do the crawl?
      你会游自由式吗?

用法讲解

v. (动词)
  1. crawl用作动词的基本意思是“爬行”,指腹部或双膝和手贴地爬行; 也可指“徐缓而行”,多用于指车辆缓慢前进,间或也可用于指时间。crawl与介词to搭配,意为“巴结,奉承”,多用于指下级对上级; 与介词with搭配,意为“爬满…,满是”。
v. (动词)
crawl, climb
  • 这两个词的共同意思是“爬”。其区别是：
  • climb是指“用手脚攀登”,一般用于垂直地或倾斜地向高处爬; 而crawl一词是水平地“顺地爬,蠕动,匍匐前进”的意思。例如:
  • After many attempts to climb it, the mountain was finally conquered〔overcome〕 in 1985.经过多次努力攀登,这座山终于在1985年被征服了。
  • The baby crawled across the room.那个婴孩从房间的这边爬到那边。
    • creep，climb，crawl
  • 这些动词都有“爬”之意。
  • creep多指人或四足动物匍匐爬行，尤指偷偷地或不出声地缓慢向前爬行。也指植物的蔓延生长等。
  • climb通常指用手或足爬上或爬下，也指飞机、日、月的上升，还可用作比喻。
  • crawl指人或动物以身躯贴着地面缓慢地移动。
    • 用作动词 (v.)
    crawl to( v.+prep. )
      巴结,奉承 try to win the favour of sb in a powerful position by being too nice to them
      crawl to sb

      You should be ashamed of yourself, crawling to the director like that.

      你那样巴结董事,应该感到羞耻。

    crawl with( v.+prep. )
      爬满,满是 swarm with crawling things
      crawl with sb/sth

      The lawn was crawling with ants.

      草坪上爬满了蚂蚁。

      The platform was crawling with grey-green uniforms.

      月台上全是穿灰绿色制服的人。

    用作动词 (v.)
    ～+介词
    用作名词 (n.)
    介词+～

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