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 animals creep somewhere, they move quietly and slowly.
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。
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 something creeps somewhere, it moves very slowly.
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 something creeps in or creeps back, it begins to occur or becomes part of something without people realizing or without them wanting it.
Insecurity might creep in... 可能会不知不觉地产生不安全感。
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。
...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
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。
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 number creeps up to a higher level, it gradually reaches that level.
The inflation rate has been creeping up to 9.5 per cent... 通货膨胀率已攀升至9.5%。
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 a creep, 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 something gives you the creeps, they make you feel very nervous or frightened.
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。