1 VERB (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. (人或动物)悄悄地缓慢行进，蹑手蹑脚地移动
SYN sneak, steal, tiptoe, slink
2 VERB 缓慢移动 If something creeps somewhere, it moves very slowly. 缓慢移动
3 VERB 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. 不知不觉地发生
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Insecurity might creep in. [V in]
可能会不知不觉地产生不安全感。
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An increasing ratio of mistakes, perhaps induced by tiredness, crept into her game. [VERB + into]
可能是由于体力不支，她在比赛中的失误越来越多。
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...a proposal that crept through unnoticed at the National Council in December. [VERB adv./prep.]
一项于12月份在全国委员会不声不响获得通过的提议
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Now his other major works are creeping back into concert programmes. [VERB adv./prep.]
现在他的其他主要作品又悄然出现在音乐会节目单上。
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Their organisation has been subjected to creeping privatisation since 1981. [VERB-ing]
自1981年以来他们的组织已经被逐渐私有化了。
4 VERB (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. (比率或数值)逐渐增长 [Also V adj]
5 N-COUNT 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. 讨厌鬼; (尤指)讨好卖乖的人，马屁精 [informal, disapproval]
SYN bootlicker [informal] , sneak, sycophant, crawler [slang]
6 PHRASE 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. 吓人;使惊慌;使心里发毛 [informal]
7 to make someone's flesh creep→see: flesh
Phrasal verbs: - creep up on
| Word Partnership | Use creep with: |
| PREP. | creep toward 1 2 creep into 1 2 3 creep in 2 3 creep up 2 4 |
| VERB. | give someone the creeps 6 |
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