crawl
v
1 [I, Ipr, Ip]
(a) move slowly, with the body on or close to the ground, or on hands and knees 爬; 爬行; 匍匐行進
a snake crawling along (the ground) 在(地上)爬行的蛇
A baby crawls (around) before it can walk. 嬰兒先能(到處)爬, 然後才會走.
The wounded man crawled to the phone. 那傷者爬到電話跟前.
(b) (of traffic, vehicles, etc) move very slowly (指來往行人、 車輛等)緩慢地行進, 徐緩而行
The traffic crawled over the bridge in the rush-hour. 在高峰時刻橋上的車輛行駛緩慢.
2 [Ipr] ~ with sth (esp in the continuous tenses 尤用於進行時態) be covered with, or full of, things that crawl 爬滿; 滿是爬行之物
The ground was crawling with ants. 地上滿是螞蟻.
(fig 比喻) The area was crawling with (ie was full of) police. 這個地區布滿了警察.
3 [I, Ipr] ~ (to sb) (infml derog 口, 貶) try to gain sb's favour by praising him, doing what will please him, etc 拍馬屁
She's always crawling (to the boss). 她老是拍(上司的)馬屁.
4 (idm 習語) make one's/sb's flesh crawl/creep => flesh. crawl, n
1
(a) [sing] (derog 貶) very slow pace 極慢的速度
traffic moving at a crawl 緩慢蠕動的來往車輛.
(b) [C] crawling movement 爬動
the baby's laborious crawl 嬰兒費勁的爬動.
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? 你會自由泳嗎?
One penny with right is better than a thousand without right.
合法取得的一辨士,勝于非法取得的一千辨士。
A recent survey of the effects of noise revealed (surprisingly?) that dogs barking incessantly in the night rated the highest form of noise pollution on a scale ranging from 1 to 7.