| 单词 | crawl |
| 释义 | crawl v 1 [I, Ipr, Ip] (a) move slowly, with the body on or close to the ground, or on hands and knees 爬; 爬行; 匍匐行进 a snake crawling along (the ground) 在（地上）爬行的蛇 A baby crawls (around) before it can walk. 婴儿先能（到处）爬, 然後才会走. The wounded man crawled to the phone. 那伤者爬到电话跟前. (b) (of traffic, vehicles, etc) move very slowly （指来往行人、 车辆等）缓慢地行进, 徐缓而行 The traffic crawled over the bridge in the rush-hour. 在高峰时刻桥上的车辆行驶缓慢. 2 [Ipr] ~ with sth (esp in the continuous tenses 尤用於进行时态) be covered with, or full of, things that crawl 爬满; 满是爬行之物 The ground was crawling with ants. 地上满是蚂蚁. (fig 比喻) The area was crawling with (ie was full of) police. 这个地区布满了警察. 3 [I, Ipr] ~ (to sb) (infml derog 口, 贬) try to gain sb´s favour by praising him, doing what will please him, etc 拍马屁 She´s always crawling (to the boss). 她老是拍（上司的）马屁. 4 (idm 习语) make one´s/sb´s flesh crawl/creep => flesh. crawl, n 1 (a) [sing] (derog 贬) very slow pace 极慢的速度 traffic moving at a crawl 缓慢蠕动的来往车辆. (b) [C] crawling movement 爬动 the baby´s laborious crawl 婴儿费劲的爬动. 2 (often 常作 the crawl) [sing] fast swimming stroke using overarm movements of each arm in turn, accompanied by rapid kicks with the feet 爬泳; 自由泳 Can you do the crawl? 你会自由泳吗? |
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