Creep



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.匍匐;悄悄地移动
• ［英］ v.匍匐 ( move with body close to the ground) ; 悄悄地移动 ( move stealthily or slowly)

Webster Collegiate

I. intransitive verb (crept; creeping)

• Etymology: Middle English crepen, from Old English crēopan; akin to Old Norse krjūpa to creep
• Date: before 12th century
• 1.
  • a. to move along with the body prone and close to the ground
  • b. to move slowly on hands and knees
• 2.
  • a. to go very slowly <the hours crept by
  • b. to go timidly or cautiously so as to escape notice <she crept away from the festive scene
  • c. to enter or advance gradually so as to be almost unnoticed ge creeps up on us note of irritation crept into her voice
• 3. to have the sensation of being covered with creeping things <the thought made his flesh creep
• 4. of a plant to spread or grow over a surface rooting at intervals or clinging with tendrils, stems, or aerial roots
• 5.
  • a. to slip or gradually shift position
  • b. to change shape permanently from prolonged stress or exposure to high temperatures

II. noun

• Date: 1818
• 1. a movement of or like creeping <traffic moving at a creep
• 2. a distressing sensation like that caused by the creeping of insects over one's flesh; especially a feeling of apprehension or horror — usually used in plural with the<that gives me the creeps
• 3. a feed trough accessible only by young animals and used especially to supply special or supplementary feed — called also creep feeder
• 4. the slow change of dimensions of an object from prolonged exposure to high temperature or stress
• 5. an unpleasant or obnoxious person
• 6. a slow but persistent increase or elevation <this political inertia…makes budget creep inevitable — Wall Street Journal

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