crawl
爬行;缓慢行进;巴结;
缓慢的爬行;〈美俚〉跳舞,自由式游泳;养鱼(龟)池;
变形
过去式:crawled过去分词:crawled现在分词:crawling第三人称单数:crawls
双语释义
- vi. 爬,爬行,匍匐而行; 徐缓而行 move slowly with the body close to the ground, or on the hands and knees
- vi. 巴结,奉承 try to win the favor of sb in a powerful position by being too nice to them
- [S]缓慢的爬行 a very slow movement or speed
- [U]自由式 a rapid way of swimming while lying on one's stomach, moving first one arm and then the other over one's head
英英释义
crawl[ krɔ:l ]
- n.
- a very slow movement
"the traffic advanced at a crawl"
- a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
同义词:front crawlAustralian crawl
- a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
"a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"
同义词:crawlingcreepcreeping
- a very slow movement
- v.
- move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
"The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
同义词:creep
- feel as if crawling with insects
"My skin crawled--I was terrified"
- be crawling with
"The old cheese was crawling with maggots"
- show submission or fear
同义词:fawncreepcringecowergrovel
- swim by doing the crawl
"European children learn the breast stroke"; "they often don't know how to crawl"
- move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
词汇搭配
- crawl to巴结,奉承
- crawl with爬满
- move at a crawl缓慢行进
词组短语
crawl space慢行通过的空间;供电线或水管等通过的槽隙
同近义词辨析
这组词都有“爬”的意思,其区别是:
climb通常指用手或足爬上或爬下,也指飞机、日、月的上升,还可用作比喻。
creep多指人或四足动物匍匐爬行,尤指偷偷地或不出声地缓慢向前爬行。也指植物的蔓延生长等。
crawl指人或动物以身躯贴着地面缓慢地移动。
creep 多指哺乳动物或人等用四肢爬行的动物偷偷摸摸无声缓慢的前行动作。如:They arrived late and crept into the classroom.(我们迟到了,便悄悄地溜进教室。)
crawl 多指蛇,虫类等身体沿地面或其他表面的动作。如:There is an insect crawling up your back. (有一虫子正在你的背上往上爬。)
双语例句
- The baby is just learning to crawl.
那个婴儿正在学习爬行。 - Soldiers quietly crawl to advance to enemy.
士兵们悄悄地向敌人匍匐前进。 - You must not crawl into the favor of your superiors.
你不应卑躬屈膝地讨好你的上司。 - I hate people who creep and crawl to others.
我讨厌那些阿谀奉承的人。 - European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl.
欧洲小孩学习蛙泳;他们经常不知道怎样进行自由式游泳。
- The crawl of snake is terrifying.
蛇爬行起来真可怕。 - It was not a walk, not a run; it was a crawl.
这不是走,也不是跑,而是爬。 - He can swim breaststroke, backstroke and crawl.
他会游蛙泳、仰泳和自由泳。 - I'm best at the crawl, but I enjoy the breast stroke, too.
我最擅长自由式,但也喜欢蛙式。