单词 | crawl |
释义 | crawl¹ 1.(move on hands and knees)baby, adult +爬;爬行;匍匐前进 Her baby is now crawling.她的宝宝现在会爬了。 He crawled, slowly, on all fours, through the crowd.他四肢着地在人群中慢慢爬行。 Don't worry if your baby seems a little reluctant to crawl or walk.如果你的宝宝看起来有点不愿意爬或走, 不要担心。 The dying man had crawled a few yards.这个垂死的人爬了好几码。 to crawl on your hands and knees爬行;匍匐前进 I began to crawl on my hands and knees towards the door.我开始手脚并用地朝门口爬去。 2.insect +爬行;蠕动 There were flies crawling on the ground beneath his feet.他脚下的地面上有些苍蝇在爬动。 to crawl up sth顺着某物往上爬 I watched the moth crawl up the outside of the lampshade.我注视着蛾子沿着灯罩的外侧往上爬。 3.(move slowly)vehicle, person +缓慢行进;费力前行 The car barely crawled along the last 50 kilometres.在最后的50公里, 汽车几乎不向前挪动。 Hairpin turns force the car to crawl at ten miles an hour in some places.在某些路段, 急转弯迫使汽车以每小时10英里的速度缓慢行进。 I crawled out of bed at nine-thirty.我9点半才艰难地从床上爬起来。 4.(be full of)(尤指爬虫)爬满, 挤满 to be crawling with sb/sth+ insects爬满…; <贬>+ people挤满… The pile of refuse was crawling with insects.垃圾堆上爬满了虫子。 rock-hard earth littered with rubbish and crawling with vermin散落着垃圾、爬满了害虫的坚硬地面 hair that's crawling with lice爬满虱子的头发 This place is crawling with police.这个地方到处都是警察。 The place is crawling with celebrities.那地方遍地都是名人。 5.<非正式>(fawn)卑躬屈膝;谄媚巴结 He won't just forgive you. He'll want you to crawl a bit first.他不会就这么原谅你。他会让你先点头哈腰一番。 to crawl to sb对某人卑躬屈膝;巴结奉承某人 Let's see who comes crawling to whom.我们来看看究竟是谁巴结谁。 6.【泳】游爬泳;游自由泳 7.to make sb's skin crawlorto make sb's flesh crawl使某人起鸡皮疙瘩;使某人震惊 Just the thought of it made her flesh crawl.一想到它, 她就感到恶心。 I hated this man, his very touch made my skin crawl.我讨厌这个男人, 他碰我一下都让我直起鸡皮疙瘩。 crawl²1.【泳】爬泳;自由泳 to do the crawl游爬泳;游自由泳 Can you do the crawl?你会游自由泳吗? 2.(slow pace)爬行;缓慢行进 The traffic on the approach road slowed to a crawl.引道上的车辆行驶缓慢。 at a crawl缓慢地 We were driving along at a crawl.我们慢吞吞地开着车。 3.【渔】(海边浅滩的)养鱼槛, 鱼虾围栏 |
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