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| 1 | to move along the ground on your hands and knees or with your body close to the ground 爬；爬行；匍匐行进 |
| She crawled across the floor, her eyes stinging from the smoke. 她从地板上爬过去，眼睛被烟熏得生痛。 |
| They crawled through the tunnel. 他们爬过隧道。 |
| | 1a | when a baby crawls, it moves forwards on its hands and knees （婴儿）爬行 | | She is just learning to crawl. 她刚开始学爬。 | |
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| 2 | if an insect crawls, it moves forwards using its legs （昆虫）爬行 |
| Ants were crawling over the cheese. 蚂蚁在干酪上爬。 |
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| 3 | if a vehicle crawls, it moves forwards very slowly （车辆）缓慢行进 |
| Cars and lorries crawled along the main road. 汽车和货车在大路上缓缓行进着。 |
| | 3a | if a person crawls somewhere , they move there very slowly or with difficulty （费力地）缓慢移动 | | I was so tired I just wanted to crawl into bed. 我累坏了，只想爬到床上去。 | |
| | 3b | if time crawls by , it seems to pass very slowly （时间）缓慢过去 | | The weeks crawled by until we could meet again. 这几周好容易挨过去了，我们又能见面了。 | |
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| 4 | to try extremely hard to please someone , in order to gain an advantage , in a way that makes other people not respect you 卑躬屈膝；谄媚 |
| +to The way you crawl to them makes me sick. 你对他们奴颜婢膝的样子真让我恶心。 |
| I’ d rather die than go crawling back to him. 我宁愿死也不愿意向他卑躬屈膝。 |
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| - | be crawling with
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| 1 | to be full of people in a way that is unpleasant 挤满；充斥着 | The town was crawling with police. 城里到处都是警察。 | |
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| 2 | to be covered in insects 爬满（昆虫） | The food was crawling with flies. 食物上爬满了苍蝇。 | |
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| - | make your skin/flesh crawl
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| to give you a very unpleasant and slightly frightened feeling |
| 使你起鸡皮疙瘩 |
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