creep

noun

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

e.g. a crawl was all that the injured man could manage
the traffic moved at a creep

Synonym: crawlcrawlingcreeping

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

3. a slow longitudinal movement or deformation

4. someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

Synonym: weirdoweirdieweirdyspook

verb

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

e.g. The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed

Synonym: crawl

2. to go stealthily or furtively

e.g. ..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house

Synonym: sneakmousepussyfoot

3. grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)

e.g. ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings

4. show submission or fear

Synonym: fawncrawlcringecowergrovel

1. (人或动物)悄悄地缓慢行进，蹑手蹑脚地移动
When people or animals creep somewhere, they move quietly and slowly.

e.g. Back I go to the hotel and creep up to my room...
我回到旅馆，蹑手蹑脚地上楼回到房间。
e.g. The rabbit creeps away and hides in a hole.
兔子悄悄溜走，藏进洞里。

2. 缓慢移动
If something creeps somewhere, it moves very slowly.

e.g. Mist had crept in again from the sea.
薄雾又从海面上弥漫过来了。

3. 不知不觉地发生
If something creeps in or creeps back, it begins to occur or becomes part of something without people realizing or without them wanting it.

creep的反义词

e.g. Insecurity might creep in...
可能会不知不觉地产生不安全感。
e.g. An increasing ratio of mistakes, perhaps induced by tiredness, crept into her game.
可能是由于体力不支，她在比赛中的失误越来越多。

4. (比率或数值)逐渐增长
If a rate or number creeps up to a higher level, it gradually reaches that level.

e.g. The inflation rate has been creeping up to 9.5 per cent...
通货膨胀率已攀升至9.5%。
e.g. The average number of students in each class is creeping up from three to four.
每个班的平均学生人数已经从3人增长到了4人。

5. 讨厌鬼; (尤指)讨好卖乖的人，马屁精
If you describe someone as a creep, you mean that you dislike them a great deal, especially because they are insincere and flatter people.

6. 吓人;使惊慌;使心里发毛
If someone or something gives you the creeps, they make you feel very nervous or frightened.

e.g. I always hated that statue. It gave me the creeps.
我一直都很讨厌那座雕像。它让我心里发毛。

7. to make someone's flesh creep -> see flesh

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