crawl
US
UK crawl vi: (insect: creep) (昆虫)
SC 爬行，蠕动 pá xíng ，rú dòng
TC 爬行
TC 爬行
Betty watched the spider crawling on the wall.
贝蒂看着蜘蛛在墙上爬。
crawl vi: (move on all fours) (四肢着地)
SC 爬，爬行 pá，pá xíng
TC 爬，爬行
TC 爬，爬行
The baby crawled across the floor.
宝宝从地板上爬过去。
crawl vi: figurative (time: go slowly)
SC 缓慢行进 huǎn màn xíng jìn
TC 緩慢行進
TC 緩慢行進
While I was at school, time seemed to crawl.
我还在上学时，感觉日子似乎过得很慢。
crawl vi: figurative (vehicle: move slowly) (车)
SC 慢慢行驶，爬行 pá xíng
TC 爬行
TC 爬行
The traffic is crawling; I'm going to be very late to work. The old car crawled along, smoke billowing from its engine.
这车就像在爬行一样，我上班肯定会迟到得厉害。那辆旧车缓慢地开着，滚滚浓烟从它的发动机不断涌出。
crawl n: figurative (slow pace)
SC 缓慢的速度 huǎn màn de sù dù
SC 缓慢的行进 huǎn màn de sù dù ，huǎn màn de xíng jìn
At rush hour, traffic slows to a crawl.
上下班高峰期时，交通缓慢，十分拥堵。
crawl, front crawl, Australian crawl n: (swimming stroke)
SC 爬泳 pá yǒng
SC 自由泳 pá yǒng，zì yóu yǒng
The swimming coach helped John improve his crawl.
游泳教练帮助约翰提高他的自由泳泳技。
crawl into [sth] vtr phrasal insep: (creep inside)
SC 爬进
He crawled into bed as quietly as possible so as not to wake his wife.
crawl out of [sth] vi phrasal + prep: (creep outside)
SC 爬出
She crawled out of her sleeping bag to see if it was a bear making all the noise outside her tent.
pub crawl, also US: bar crawl n: informal (barhop: visit to a series of bars)
SC 逐店饮酒
TC 酒吧輪番跑
TC 酒吧輪番跑
To celebrate Evan's birthday, his mates took him on a pub crawl.
come out of the woodwork, crawl out of the woodwork v expr: figurative, disapproving (appear suddenly)
SC 突然冒出 tū rán mào chū
TC 突然冒出
TC 突然冒出
crawl space n: (low-ceilinged basement, tunnel)
SC 建筑物的屋顶或地板下供电线或水管通过的窄小空间
make [sb]'s skin crawl v expr: (disgust, unnerve [sb])
SC 令人厌恶
SC 令人作呕
Something about that man makes my skin crawl.
swim the crawl, do the crawl v expr: (do overarm swimming stroke)
SC 游自由泳 yóu zì yóu yǒng
TC 游自由式
TC 游自由式
During a freestyle swimming race most swimmers choose to swim the crawl.