v.(动词)

1. vi. 蹑手蹑脚地走,缓慢地行进 move slowly, quietly, and carefully
2. vi. 爬行,匍匐 move with the body close to the ground

Noun:

1. someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

2. a slow longitudinal movement or deformation

3. a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot

4. a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body;

   "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"
   "the traffic moved at a creep"
   

Verb:

1. move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground;

   "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
   

2. to go stealthily or furtively;

   "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
   

3. grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface);

   "ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings"
   

4. show submission or fear

1.(人或动物)悄悄地缓慢行进，蹑手蹑脚地移动
When people or animalscreep somewhere, they move quietly and slowly.

e.g. Back I go to the hotel andcreep up to my room...
我回到旅馆，蹑手蹑脚地上楼回到房间。
e.g. The rabbit creeps away and hides in a hole.
兔子悄悄溜走，藏进洞里。

2.缓慢移动
If somethingcreeps somewhere, it moves very slowly.

e.g. Mist had crept in again from the sea.
薄雾又从海面上弥漫过来了。

3.不知不觉地发生
If somethingcreeps in orcreeps back, it begins to occur or becomes part of something without people realizing or without them wanting it.

creep的反义词

e.g. Insecurity mightcreep in...
可能会不知不觉地产生不安全感。
e.g. An increasing ratio of mistakes, perhaps induced by tiredness, crept into her game.
可能是由于体力不支，她在比赛中的失误越来越多。

4.(比率或数值)逐渐增长
If a rate or numbercreeps up to a higher level, it gradually reaches that level.

e.g. The inflation rate has been creeping up to 9.5 per cent...
通货膨胀率已攀升至9.5%。
e.g. The average number of students in each class is creeping up from three to four.
每个班的平均学生人数已经从3人增长到了4人。

5.讨厌鬼; (尤指)讨好卖乖的人，马屁精
If you describe someone as acreep, you mean that you dislike them a great deal, especially because they are insincere and flatter people.

6.吓人;使惊慌;使心里发毛
If someone or somethinggives youthe creeps, they make you feel very nervous or frightened.

e.g. I always hated that statue. It gave me the creeps.
我一直都很讨厌那座雕像。它让我心里发毛。

7. to make someone's fleshcreep -> see flesh

相关词组：creep up on

1. 爬行：他们已经很难回到当年<>(creep)时的激情岁月了. 温和、阴暗、荒凉的实验色彩依然弥漫着整张唱片. 偶尔有像主打单曲<>或<>那样能听出力度的作品,但都抹不去电子声效的痕迹. 歌词精致,充满隐喻,

2. 徐变：爱康PB管材在连续高温情况下的徐变(creep)也比其它塑料管材小得多,强度几乎不变. 因重量轻,易于操作和施工,且管材的弯曲性极佳,不用弯头(Elbow)也可进行弯曲. 消防用自动喷淋系统(Sprinkler)用管因其良好的保温、施工和半永久耐用性,

A slight feeling of suspicion crept over me.

我渐渐地产生了一丝疑虑。

As she became more tired, errors began to creep into her work.

由于越来越疲劳，她的工作开始出现差错。

House prices are creeping up again.

住房价格又在渐渐上涨。

Don't creep up on me like that!

别那样蹑手蹑脚地靠近我！

Tiredness can easily creep up on you while you're driving.

开车时会很容易不知不觉地就累了。

He's a nasty little creep!

他真让人讨厌！

Her arms crept around his neck.

她的双臂慢慢地搂住了他的脖子。

I crept up the stairs, trying not to wake my parents.

为了尽量不吵醒父母，我蹑手蹑脚地上了楼。

The inflation rate has been creeping up to 9.5 per cent...

通货膨胀率已攀升至9.5%。

The average number of students in each class is creeping up from three to four.

每个班的平均学生人数已经从3人增长到了4人。

I always hated that statue. It gave me the creeps.

我一直都很讨厌那座雕像。它让我心里发毛。

Back I go to the hotel and creep up to my room...

我回到旅馆，蹑手蹑脚地上楼回到房间。

The rabbit creeps away and hides in a hole.

兔子悄悄溜走，藏进洞里。

Mist had crept in again from the sea.

薄雾又从海面上弥漫过来了。

Insecurity might creep in...

可能会不知不觉地产生不安全感。

An increasing ratio of mistakes, perhaps induced by tiredness, crept into her game.

可能是由于体力不支，她在比赛中的失误越来越多。

The traffic moved at a creep.

车流行驶缓慢.

The test results validated that the slip band soil possesses obvious creep characteristic.

为了研究黄土坡滑坡滑带土的蠕变特性和长期强度,进行了室内流变试验.

Once complications are allowed to creep in, the outcome is in danger.

要是不慎出现了并发症, 那么后果是危险的.

Because of creep, rigidity and the axial displacement of PTFE expansion joint relate to the time.

由于蠕变现象的存在, 承载下的PTFE膨胀节的刚度和轴向位移都与时间有关.

The results show that the fault is characterized essentially by stick slip, with some state creep.

根据分析结果得出该断裂的运动方式以粘滑为主, 兼有蠕滑.

According to the data measured from field, this paper analyses the creep lengthening of rail.

根据现场实测的钢轨长度, 对钢轨的蠕变伸长进行了分析.

Freyssinet flat jacks may be required to compensate for distortions arising from creep and shrinkage.

弗涅新奈氏扁千斤顶可用以调整收缩与徐变产生的变形.

The baby is just learning to creep.

这个婴儿才学着爬.

Anorexia can creep up on young girls when they least expect it.

年轻女子可能在最没有防备的情況下患上厌食症.

用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

1. The hunter crept up to the deer.
   猎人蹑手蹑脚地走近那头鹿。
2. The dog crept under the car to hide.
   狗爬到汽车下藏着。
3. Old age creeps on without being noticed.
   不知不觉已到老年。
4. The newspaper's circulation has crept up from 700,000 to almost a million.
   报纸的发行量由70万份逐渐增加到近100万份。
5. Mistakes start to creep in when you work too hard.
   你工作过于辛苦时,错误就会逐渐出现。
6. A lonely feeling crept upon my spirit.
   一种孤独感爬上我的心头。

～+副词

• creep%20away">creep away悄悄离开
• creep%20forward">creep forward匍匐前进
• creep%20on">creep on(时间、岁月等)不知不觉地来临
• creep%20up">creep up爬上去,渐渐靠近,悄悄逼近

～+介词

• creep%20along">creep along沿着…爬行
• creep%20into">creep into悄悄进入,逐渐产生
• creep%20over%E3%80%94upon%E3%80%95">creep over〔upon〕爬上

• The live oaks with their waving curtains of grey moss gave Scarlett the creeps.

  出自：M. Mitchell

• Land Tortoyses so great that they will creepe with two mens burthens.

  出自：T. Herbert

• A hole in the hedge..through which I must creep if I was to play with the neighbour's children.

  出自：Day Lewis

v.(动词)

1. creep的基本意思是“缓慢〔悄悄〕地行进”,隐含唯恐被人发现之意,也可指人或动物身体贴着地面“爬行,匍匐”,可用来比喻岁月、时间等慢慢流逝,数量、份额等逐渐爬升,错误、麻烦等偷偷出现,情绪、感觉等悄然涌上心头。

creep，climb，crawl

这些动词都有“爬”之意。

creep多指人或四足动物匍匐爬行，尤指偷偷地或不出声地缓慢向前爬行。也指植物的蔓延生长等。

climb通常指用手或足爬上或爬下，也指飞机、日、月的上升，还可用作比喻。

crawl指人或动物以身躯贴着地面缓慢地移动。

• ☆ 直接源自中古英语的crepen，意为爬，蠕动。