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单词 creeper
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Definition of creeper in English:

creeper

noun ˈkriːpəˈkripər
  • 1Botany
    Any plant that grows along the ground, around another plant, or up a wall by means of extending stems or branches.

    〔植〕匍匐植物

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Everything was overgrown with the same creeper vines, fungi and lichen that the old fences were.
    • The plant, a creeper of the arum lily family, is a native of Mexico and Guatemala.
    • Yes muntries are little purple berries and they're the fruit of a shrub, a ground creeper, that grows down in eastern South Australia.
    • Bright green baby's tears, blue star creeper, and creeping thyme grow below them.
    • Flowering plants, creepers and hedge shrubs will be planted.
    Synonyms
    climbing plant, trailing plant
    vine, trailer, climber, rambler
  • 2with modifier Any of a number of small birds that creep around in trees or vegetation.

    贴行鸟

    ('brown creeper')(North American) the American treecreeper (Certhia americana, family Certhiidae).

    ('brown creeper')(NZ) a New Zealand songbird (Mohoua or 'Finschia' novaeseelandiae, family Pachycephalidae or Acanthizidae).

    a Philippine songbird (family Rhabdornithidae and genus Rhabdornis: two species).

    a Hawaiian honeycreeper (genus Paroreomyza, family Drepanididae: three species).

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They walked down the man trail, enjoying the many songs of the tree creepers above.
    • A brown creeper also wooed us for just one day.
    • Brown creepers have just taken over the neighborhood, you hear them everywhere you go.
    • A flock of brown creepers were on most of the trees.
    • One most beautiful and exotic of creepers is cardinal creeper.
  • 3North American informal A person whose behaviour towards or interest in someone is regarded as unwelcome and socially inappropriate (typically used of a man)

    I could dance there without a creeper walking up and accosting me
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was a creeper who spied on her every move and manipulated his way into their lives.
    • I only block trolls and creepers though, which I haven't been getting a lot of lately.
    • Whether she's demonstrating how to keep creepers away, or producing mini-musicals featuring her dogs, she is always entertaining.
    • Just because he was spying on Olivia via hidden cameras, it doesn't necessarily mean that he's a creeper.
    • At first, they just skulked around the windows at the viewing parties and peered in like a bunch of creepers.
    • He is a creeper who's dating a teenager, recording everything that takes place in his life and leering through windows.
    • She's dealt with her fair share of creepers when it comes to obsessive fans and trespassers at her home.
    • Tom thinks Wendy is super cute, judging by his creeper stare, so he has her start working right away in the toy department.
    • With a creeper glint in his eyes, Peter eschews any form of anger management in favor of destroying his career in one glorious temper tantrum.
    • They accuse him of being a restroom creeper.
  • 4creepersinformal

    short for brothel creepers

Rhymes

Arequipa, beeper, bleeper, Dnieper, keeper, leaper, peeper, reaper, sleeper, sweeper, weeper

Definition of creeper in US English:

creeper

nounˈkrēpərˈkripər
  • 1Botany
    Any plant that grows along the ground, around another plant, or up a wall by means of extending stems or branches.

    〔植〕匍匐植物

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Yes muntries are little purple berries and they're the fruit of a shrub, a ground creeper, that grows down in eastern South Australia.
    • The plant, a creeper of the arum lily family, is a native of Mexico and Guatemala.
    • Everything was overgrown with the same creeper vines, fungi and lichen that the old fences were.
    • Bright green baby's tears, blue star creeper, and creeping thyme grow below them.
    • Flowering plants, creepers and hedge shrubs will be planted.
    Synonyms
    climbing plant, trailing plant
  • 2Any of a number of small birds that creep around in trees or vegetation.

    贴行鸟

    ('brown creeper')(NZ)a New Zealand songbird ( a New Zealand songbird (Mohoua or 'Finschia' novaeseelandiae, family Pachycephalidae or Acanthizidae)

    a Philippine songbird (family Rhabdornithidae and genus Rhabdornis: two species)

    ('brown creeper') the American treecreeper (Certhia americana, family Certhiidae)

    a Hawaiian honeycreeper (genus Paroreomyza, family Drepanididae: three species)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A brown creeper also wooed us for just one day.
    • One most beautiful and exotic of creepers is cardinal creeper.
    • They walked down the man trail, enjoying the many songs of the tree creepers above.
    • A flock of brown creepers were on most of the trees.
    • Brown creepers have just taken over the neighborhood, you hear them everywhere you go.
  • 3North American informal A person whose behavior toward or interest in someone is regarded as unwelcome and socially inappropriate (typically used of a man)

    I could dance there without a creeper walking up and accosting me
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She's dealt with her fair share of creepers when it comes to obsessive fans and trespassers at her home.
    • At first, they just skulked around the windows at the viewing parties and peered in like a bunch of creepers.
    • He is a creeper who's dating a teenager, recording everything that takes place in his life and leering through windows.
    • They accuse him of being a restroom creeper.
    • I only block trolls and creepers though, which I haven't been getting a lot of lately.
    • Tom thinks Wendy is super cute, judging by his creeper stare, so he has her start working right away in the toy department.
    • He was a creeper who spied on her every move and manipulated his way into their lives.
    • With a creeper glint in his eyes, Peter eschews any form of anger management in favor of destroying his career in one glorious temper tantrum.
    • Whether she's demonstrating how to keep creepers away, or producing mini-musicals featuring her dogs, she is always entertaining.
    • Just because he was spying on Olivia via hidden cameras, it doesn't necessarily mean that he's a creeper.
  • 4creepersinformal

    short for brothel creepers
  • 5A low, wheeled platform on which a mechanic lies while working on the underside of a motor vehicle.

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