crawl
verb uk/krɔːl/ us/krɑːl/
(MOVE)
B2 [ I ]缓慢移动；艰难前行；爬行；匍匐前进
to move slowly or with difficulty, especially with your body stretched out along the ground or on hands and knees
The child crawled across the floor. 那个孩子爬过了地板。
The injured soldier crawled to safety. 受伤的士兵慢慢爬向安全的地方。
Megan has just learned to crawl. 梅甘刚学会爬。
The lorry crawled noisily up the hill. 卡车轰轰隆隆吃力地爬上山坡。
- More examples
- With a wriggle, she managed to crawl through the gap.
- The children crawled through an opening space in the fence.
- The baby was crawling around on its hands and knees.
(TRY TO PLEASE)
[ I ] UK informal disapproving巴结，讨好;阿谀奉承;卑躬屈膝
to try hard to please in order to get an advantage
I don't like people who crawl. 我不喜欢卑躬屈膝的人。
He crawled to the group leader because he wanted a promotion. 因为想得到提升，他对集团领导阿谀奉承。
(FILL)
be crawling with somethingC2 informal 爬满；充满；挤满
to be completely covered with or full of a particular type of thing
After the bomb scare, the airport was crawling with police. 收到炸弹恐吓后，机场布满了警察。
Idiom
crawl back (to someone)idiom （向…）认错，讨饶
to admit that you were wrong and ask someone to forgive you or ask them for something that you were offered and refused in the past
Don't come crawling back to me when she throws you out! 等她抛弃你时，别跑回来求我原谅！
crawl
noun uk/krɔːl/ us/krɑːl/
(SWIMMING)
C1 [ S or U ]自由泳;爬泳
a style of swimming in which you move your arms over your head and kick with straight legs
(MOVEMENT)
C1 [ S ]缓慢移动;徐行;爬行
a very slow speed
Traffic moved forward at a crawl. 车辆缓缓向前移动。