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crawlBrE /krɔːl/NAmE /krɔːl/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they crawl BrE /krɔːl/ NAmE /krɔːl/present simple - he / she / it crawls BrE /krɔːlz/ NAmE /krɔːlz/past simple crawled BrE /krɔːld/ NAmE /krɔːld/past participle crawled BrE /krɔːld/ NAmE /krɔːld/ -ing form crawling BrE /ˈkrɔːlɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈkrɔːlɪŋ/ [I] (+ adv./prep.) to move forward on your hands and knees, with your body close to the ground 爬；爬行；匍匐行进◆Our baby is just starting to crawl. 我们的宝宝刚开始会爬。◆A man was crawling away from the burning wreckage. 一个男人正爬离燃烧着的残骸。 [I] (+ adv./prep.) when an insect crawls, it moves forward on its legs （昆虫）爬行◆There's a spider crawling up your leg. 有只蜘蛛正顺着你的腿往上爬。 [I] (+ adv./prep.) to move forward very slowly 缓慢行进◆The traffic was crawling along. 来往车辆缓缓而行。◆The weeks crawled by. 几个星期慢慢地过去了。 [I] ~ (to sb) (informal, disapproving) to be too friendly or helpful to sb in authority, in a way that is not sincere, especially in order to get an advantage from them 卑躬屈膝；谄媚；巴结；拍马屁◆She's always crawling to the boss. 她对老板总是谄媚奉承。 ●make your ˈskin crawlto make you feel afraid or full of disgust 使人毛骨悚然；让人起鸡皮疙瘩●come/crawl out of the ˈwoodwork(informal, disapproving) if you say that sb comes/crawls out of the woodwork, you mean that they have suddenly appeared in order to express an opinion or to take advantage of a situation 突然露面；纷纷出笼◆When he won the lottery, all sorts of distant relatives came out of the woodwork. 他博彩中奖后，八杆子打不着的亲戚都突然来登门造访。 ●be ˈcrawling with sth(informal) to be full of or completely covered with people, insects or animals, in a way that is unpleasant 挤满；爬满◆The place was crawling with journalists. 这地方挤满了记者。◆Her hair was crawling with lice. 她的头发上爬满了虱子。 crawlBrE /krɔːl/NAmE /krɔːl/ noun [sing.] a very slow speed 缓慢的速度◆The traffic slowed to a crawl. 来往的车辆放缓速度慢慢前行。 ➡ see also pub crawl (often the crawl) [sing., U] a fast swimming stroke that you do lying on your front moving one arm over your head, and then the other, while kicking with your feet 爬泳；自由泳◆a swimmer doing the crawl 游自由泳的运动员 |
