| [/krɔːl; krɔl/] v 用法:
1 [I, Ipr, Ip] (a) move slowly, with the body on or close to the ground, or on hands and knees 爬; 爬行; 匍匐行进:
a snake crawling along (the ground) 在（地上）爬行的蛇 *
A baby crawls (around) before it can walk. 婴儿先能（到处）爬, 然後才会走. *
The wounded man crawled to the phone. 那伤者爬到电话跟前.
(b) (of traffic, vehicles, etc) move very slowly （指来往行人、 车辆等）缓慢地行进, 徐缓而行:
The traffic crawled over the bridge in the rush-hour. 在高峰时刻桥上的车辆行驶缓慢. 用法:
2 [Ipr] ~ with sth (esp in the continuous tenses 尤用於进行时态) be covered with, or full of, things that crawl 爬满; 满是爬行之物:
The ground was crawling with ants. 地上满是蚂蚁. *
(fig 比喻) The area was crawling with (ie was full of) police. 这个地区布满了警察. 用法:
3 [I, Ipr] ~ (to sb) (infml derog 口, 贬) try to gain sb's favour by praising him, doing what will please him, etc 拍马屁:
She's always crawling (to the boss). 她老是拍（上司的）马屁. 用法:
4 (idm 习语) make one's/sb's flesh crawl/creep => flesh. crawl 2
n 用法:
1 (a) [sing] (derog 贬) very slow pace 极慢的速度:
traffic moving at a crawl 缓慢蠕动的来往车辆.
(b) [C] crawling movement 爬动:
the baby's laborious crawl 婴儿费劲的爬动. 用法:
2 (often 常作 the crawl) [sing] fast swimming stroke using overarm movements of each arm in turn, accompanied by rapid kicks with the feet 爬泳; 自由泳:
Can you do the crawl? 你会自由泳吗? |