creep

verb

1. 悄悄地缓慢行进；蹑手蹑脚地移动
   to move slowly, quietly and carefully, because you do not want to be seen or heard
   1. I crept up the stairs, trying not to wake my parents.
      为了尽量不吵醒父母，我蹑手蹑脚地上了楼。
2. 匍匐；爬行
   to move with your body close to the ground; to move slowly on your hands and knees
3. 非常缓慢地行进；不知不觉产生；渐渐出现
   to move or develop very slowly
   1. Her arms crept around his neck.
      她的双臂慢慢地搂住了他的脖子。
   2. A slight feeling of suspicion crept over me.
      我渐渐地产生了一丝疑虑。
4. 蔓生；蔓延
   to grow along the ground or up walls using long stems or roots
5. 谄媚；巴结；拍马屁
   to be too friendly or helpful to sb in authority in a way that is not sincere, especially in order to get an advantage from them

noun

1. 讨厌鬼
   a person that you dislike very much and find very unpleasant
   1. He's a nasty little creep!
      他真让人讨厌！
2. 讨好卖乖的人；谄媚奉承的人；马屁精
   a person who is not sincere but tries to win your approval by being nice to you

1. VERB (人或动物)悄悄地缓慢行进，蹑手蹑脚地移动
   When people or animals creep somewhere, 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。
2. VERB 缓慢移动
   If something creeps somewhere, 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。
3. VERB 不知不觉地发生
   If something creeps in or creeps back, 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。
4. VERB (比率或数值)逐渐增长
   If a rate or number creeps up to 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。
5. 讨厌鬼; (尤指)讨好卖乖的人，马屁精
   If you describe someone as a creep, you mean that you dislike them a great deal, especially because they are insincere and flatter people.
6. PHRASE 吓人;使惊慌;使心里发毛
   If someone or something gives you the 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。
7. to make someone's flesh creep → see: flesh

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。
3. Mist had crept in again from the sea.
   薄雾又从海面上弥漫过来了。
4. Insecurity might creep in
   可能会不知不觉地产生不安全感。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. It makes my flesh creep to think of it
    想到它就会让我毛骨悚然。
11. The downward trend went into reverse and the scores started to creep up again.
    比分下降的趋势发生逆转，分数又开始逐渐上升了。
12. I would creep in and with stealthy footsteps explore the second-floor
    我会偷偷溜进去，轻手轻脚地查看一下二楼。
13. I felt a chill creep over me.
    我感到周身发冷。
14. The thought of the horrible scene made my flesh creep.
    想起那可怕的情景，我浑身都起鸡皮疙瘩。
15. There used to be a hole in the fence that we could creep through, but it's been boarded in.
    以前篱笆上有一个口子，我们可以钻进钻出，可是这个口子已用木板给钉上了。
16. The concrete is said to creep.
    我们称这时的混凝土产生了徐变。
17. Excellent resistance to creep under load, and maintains the inherent chemical and electrical properties associated with polyesters.
    优异的耐蠕变负荷下，保持固有的化学和电气性能与聚酯相关。
18. The color and creep behavior of wood-plastic composite decking boards under the dry and wet environment were tested.
    对放置在干湿环境中的塑木地板进行材色和蠕变性能研究。
19. Effects of some PP fibers and polymer emulsion on impact resistance and creep behavior of cement mortar were studied.
    研究了聚丙烯纤维和聚合物乳液对水泥砂浆试样抗冲击性能和抗徐变应变性能的影响。
20. In this paper, structural effects of rock mass creep are studied by using numerical test.
    采用数值模拟试验方法对岩体结构的蠕变力学效应进行研究。
21. Numerical analysis can only simulate the former two phases of creep deformation.
    而且，数值分析只能模拟蠕变变形的前两个阶段，迄今为止，人们对蠕变第三阶段的分析较少。
22. Topics include: elasticity, viscoelasticity, plasticity, creep, fracture, and fatigue.
    主题包含：弹性、黏弹性、塑性、潜变、破断及疲劳。
23. Plastic deformation and creep are highly undesirable, resilience is favourable.
    塑性形变和蠕变是很不利的，回弹性则是有利的。
24. On the basis of testing results, nonlinear creep equation is established.
    根据试验结果，建立了泥岩的非线性蠕变方程。
25. It resists creep under load and the heat stabilizer system extends its retention of properties at elevated temperatures.
    它抗蠕变性和载荷下的热稳定系统扩展其在高温下保持性能。
26. Results The stress-relaxation and creep data were obtained.
    结果得出了肾动脉的应力松弛，蠕变数据和曲线。
27. Internal force effects in a component due to creep and shrinkage shall be considered.
    应考虑在一构件内由于徐变和收缩引起的内部力效应。
28. Moreover, TMC-2 composite blades forged by this process have fine creep properties and thermo stability under high temperature.
    采用TMC-2复合材料研制的小余量叶片，在高温下具有优良的蠕变和热稳定性能。
29. The double shear creep specimens and modeling turbine blades have been experimented for the validation of the model.
    用双剪切试样和模拟叶片等系列试验对模型和有限元进行考核。

creep in/into sth

1. 开始发生（或影响）
   to begin to happen or affect sth
   1. I crept up the stairs, trying not to wake my parents.
      为了尽量不吵醒父母，我蹑手蹑脚地上了楼。

creep up

1. （数量、价格等）逐渐增长
   to gradually increase in amount, price, etc.
   1. Her arms crept around his neck.
      她的双臂慢慢地搂住了他的脖子。
   2. A slight feeling of suspicion crept over me.
      我渐渐地产生了一丝疑虑。

creep up on sb

1. （通常从后面）缓慢地悄悄靠近
   to move slowly nearer to sb, usually from behind, without being seen or heard
2. （尤指不知不觉地）开始影响（某人）
   to begin to affect sb, especially before they realize it

v.

make your flesh creep

• 使起鸡皮疙瘩；令人毛骨悚然；使人十分厌恶
  to make you feel afraid or full of disgust

n.

give sb the creeps

• 吓人；使惊慌；使心里发毛
  to make sb feel nervous and slightly frightened, especially because sb/sth is unpleasant or strange

noun

1. a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
   1. a crawl was all that the injured man could manage
   2. the traffic moved at a creep

   Synonym:    crawlcrawlingcreeping

2. a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot

3. a slow longitudinal movement or deformation

4. someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

   Synonym:    weirdoweirdieweirdyspook

verb

1. move slowly
   1. The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed

   Synonym:    crawl

2. to go stealthily or furtively
   1. ..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house

   Synonym:    sneakmousepussyfoot

3. grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
   1. ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings

4. show submission or fear

   Synonym:    fawncrawlcringecowergrovel