creeps

英 [kriːps]

美 [kriːps]

v.  悄悄地缓慢行进; 蹑手蹑脚地移动; 匍匐; 爬行; 非常缓慢地行进; 不知不觉产生; 渐渐出现
creep的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB (人或动物)悄悄地缓慢行进，蹑手蹑脚地移动
  When people or animalscreepsomewhere, they move quietly and slowly.
  1. 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。
  2. The rabbit creeps away and hides in a hole.
     兔子悄悄溜走，藏进洞里。
• VERB 缓慢移动
  If somethingcreepssomewhere, it moves very slowly.
  1. Mist had crept in again from the sea.
     薄雾又从海面上弥漫过来了。
• VERB 不知不觉地发生
  If somethingcreepsin orcreepsback, it begins to occur or becomes part of something without people realizing or without them wanting it.
  1. Insecurity might creep in...
     可能会不知不觉地产生不安全感。
  2. 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。
  3. ...a proposal that crept through unnoticed at the National Council in December...
     一项于12月份在全国委员会不声不响获得通过的提议
  4. Now his other major works are creeping back into concert programmes...
     现在他的其他主要作品又悄然出现在音乐会节目单上。
  5. Their organisation has been subjected to creeping privatisation since 1981.
     自1981年以来他们的组织已经被逐渐私有化了。
• VERB (比率或数值)逐渐增长
  If a rate or numbercreeps upto a higher level, it gradually reaches that level.
  1. The inflation rate has been creeping up to 9.5 per cent...
     通货膨胀率已攀升至9.5%。
  2. 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。
• 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.
• PHRASE 吓人;使惊慌;使心里发毛
  If someone or somethinggivesyouthe creeps, they make you feel very nervous or frightened.
  1. 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。
• tomakesomeone'sflesh creep→ see:flesh

英英释义

noun

• a feeling of fear and revulsion
  1. he gives me the creeps
• a disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency

双语例句

• Slowly, silently, a black square creeps up the pole and flutters chill against the morning sky.
  一面黑色的方旗缓缓无声地爬上了旗杆，在早晨的天空中冷飕飕地颤抖。
• 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。
• And as the first creeps in alone.
  正当第一个盗贼独自爬进来时。
• And their salespeople are very strange. They really give me the creeps!
  而且他们的销售员很奇怪。让我都起鸡皮疙瘩了。
• It just creeps up on you.
  它只是掠过你的脑子。
• Old age creeps upon one unawares.
  不知不觉间人就老了。
• But I just can't have those creeps knowing where he is.
  但我不能让那些变态知道他在哪。
• The snail creeps half out and says," Everything looks just the same. "Then he creeps back.
  蜗牛爬出半个身子说：“一切都还是老样子。”然后他又爬回去了。
• He gives me the creeps. I tried to overcome my shyness.
  我试图克服我的胆怯。
• This type of depression creeps up on you.
  你不知不觉地患上了这类型的抑郁症。