creeping

英 [ˈkriːpɪŋ]

美 [ˈkriːpɪŋ]

adj.  (不知不觉地)逐渐发生的; 缓慢行进的
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的现在分词

现在分词：creeping　

BNC.13746 / COCA.15723

牛津词典

adj.

• （不知不觉地）逐渐发生的；缓慢行进的
  happening or moving gradually and not easily noticed
  1. creeping inflation
     慢慢加剧的通货膨胀

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 animalscreepsomewhere, 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。
• VERB 缓慢移动
  If somethingcreepssomewhere, 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。
• VERB 不知不觉地发生
  If somethingcreepsin orcreepsback, 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。
• VERB (比率或数值)逐渐增长
  If a rate or numbercreeps upto 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。
• 讨厌鬼; (尤指)讨好卖乖的人，马屁精
  If you describe someone as acreep, 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 somethinggivesyouthe 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。
• tomakesomeone'sflesh creep→ see:flesh

英英释义

noun

• 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:crawlcrawlingcreep

双语例句

• Oil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry plant.
  从匍匐生根的鹿蹄草或冬青植物中提取出来的油或调味品。
• There were rumours that something was creeping up on them and taking them.
  谣传说有东西爬到他们身上，吃了他们。
• 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。
• 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。
• Low-growing bristly shrub of southern Oregon and California with creeping rootstocks and usually corymbose flowers.
  俄勒冈南部和加利福尼亚的一种矮生灌木，有刚毛和匍匐根茎，通常为伞房花序。
• He has been creeping about with her all the spring.
  他跟她几经磨了一春的功夫了。
• Anger was creeping into his voice.
  话音里不知不觉怒气冲冲了。
• Then they were shocked to see many strange creatures creeping or crawling on the ground like huge crickets.
  然后他们震惊地发现地上有许多爬行或蠕动着的生物，它们仿若巨大的蟋蟀。
• Perennial marsh plants with creeping rootstocks and long linear leaves.
  沼泽地的多年生植物具有匍匐的根状茎和长线性叶。
• This is the sound of money creeping out of the Greek banking system.
  这是钱从希腊银行系统中不断流出的声音。