crawl

verb

1. 爬；爬行；匍匐行进
   to move forward on your hands and knees, with your body close to the ground
   1. Our baby is just starting to crawl.
      我们的宝宝刚开始会爬。
   2. A man was crawling away from the burning wreckage.
      一个男人正从燃烧着的残骸往外爬。
2. （昆虫）爬行
   when an insect crawls , it moves forward on its legs
   1. There's a spider crawling up your leg.
      有只蜘蛛正顺着你的腿往上爬。
3. 缓慢行进
   to move forward very slowly
   1. The traffic was crawling along.
      来往车辆缓缓而行。
   2. The weeks crawled by.
      几个星期慢慢地过去了。
4. 卑躬屈膝；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
   1. She's always crawling to the boss.
      她对老板总是谄媚奉承。

noun

1. 缓慢的速度
   a very slow speed
   1. The traffic slowed to a crawl.
      来往的车辆放缓速度慢慢前行。
2. 爬泳；自由泳
   a fast swimming stroke that you do lying on your front moving one arm over your head, and then the other, while kicking with your feet
   1. a swimmer doing the crawl
      游自由泳的运动员

1. VERB 爬;爬行;匍匐前进
   When you crawl, you move forward on your hands and knees.
   1. Don't worry if your baby seems a little reluctant to crawl or walk...
      如果你的宝宝不爱爬也不爱走，不要担心。
   2. I began to crawl on my hands and knees towards the door...
      我开始手脚并用朝门口爬去。
   3. As he tried to crawl away, he was hit in the shoulder.
      他试图爬走时肩膀中枪了。
2. VERB (昆虫)爬行
   When an insect crawls somewhere, it moves there quite slowly.
   1. I watched the moth crawl up the outside of the lampshade.
      我看着飞蛾爬到灯罩外面。
3. VERB 缓慢行进;艰难前进
   If someone or something crawls somewhere, they move or progress slowly or with great difficulty.
   1. I crawled out of bed at nine-thirty...
      我9点半才勉强从床上爬起来。
   2. They had not foreseen the higher inflation in France when most of Western Europe was crawling out of recession...
      当西欧的大多数国家正从经济衰退中缓慢复苏时，他们并没有预见到法国的通货膨胀率会升高。
   3. Hairpin turns force the car to crawl at 10 miles an hour in some places.
      在一些地段，U形弯路使得汽车只能以每小时10英里的速度缓慢行进。
   4. Crawl is also a noun.
      
   5. The traffic on the approach road slowed to a crawl.
      引路上车辆行驶缓慢。
4. VERB 挤满，爬满(人或动物)
   If you say that a place is crawling with people or animals, you are emphasizing that it is full of them.
   1. This place is crawling with police.
      这个地方全是警察。
   2. ...rock-hard earth littered with rubbish and crawling with vermin.
      丢满垃圾、爬满虫子的坚硬土地
5. 爬泳;自由泳
   The crawl is a kind of swimming stroke which you do lying on your front, swinging one arm over your head, and then the other arm.
6. PHRASE 使震惊;使生厌
   If something makes your skin crawl or makes your flesh crawl, it makes you feel shocked or disgusted.
   1. I hated this man, his very touch made my skin crawl.
      我讨厌这个男人，他碰我一下我都觉得恶心。
7. See also: kerb-crawling pub crawl

1. Don't worry if your baby seems a little reluctant to crawl or walk
   如果你的宝宝不爱爬也不爱走，不要担心。
2. I began to crawl on my hands and knees towards the door
   我开始手脚并用朝门口爬去。
3. As he tried to crawl away, he was hit in the shoulder.
   他试图爬走时肩膀中枪了。
4. I watched the moth crawl up the outside of the lampshade.
   我看着飞蛾爬到灯罩外面。
5. I crawled out of bed at nine-thirty
   我9点半才勉强从床上爬起来。
6. They had not foreseen the higher inflation in France when most of Western Europe was crawling out of recession
   当西欧的大多数国家正从经济衰退中缓慢复苏时，他们并没有预见到法国的通货膨胀率会升高。
7. This place is crawling with police.
   这个地方全是警察。
8. I hated this man, his very touch made my skin crawl.
   我讨厌这个男人，他碰我一下我都觉得恶心。
9. I was heading on a secret mission that made my flesh crawl.
   我正要执行一项让我心惊肉跳的秘密任务。
10. At times the president's motorcade slowed to a crawl.
    有时总统车队放慢速度缓缓而行。
11. David had been on a pub crawl with pals from his rugby club.
    大卫曾和他橄榄球俱乐部的朋友们一起串酒吧喝酒。
12. Colleagues today recall with humor how meetings would crawl into the early morning hours
    同事们现在回忆起会议总是慢吞吞地一直开到第二天凌晨的情景，都把它当作一番笑谈。
13. The baby began to crawl, then managed her first tottering steps.
    宝宝开始只是爬，后来第一次站起来蹒跚着走了几步。
14. Can you do the crawl?
    你会游自由式吗？
15. We learn to crawl before we learn to walk.
    我们学会走路之前先要学会爬。
16. Traffic was moving at a crawl.
    来往车辆在缓慢行驶。
17. The baby can crawl now.
    这小孩儿会爬了。
18. He can swim breaststroke, backstroke and crawl.
    他会游蛙泳、仰泳和自由泳。
19. Either way, the ants you mail off will never crawl up your leg again.
    此外，那些被你送去大学的蚂蚁再也不会爬到你腿上了。
20. I want to crawl underneath the table.
    我想在桌子底下爬来爬去。
21. I just want to crawl into a hole and die!
    真想爬到一个洞里死了算了！
22. Or you can crawl from the rubble and slowly rebuild.
    或者你可以从碎石堆中走出，开始重建。
23. On a beautiful cool night, you and your love crawl into a sleeping bag outside.
    在一个美丽的凉爽夜晚，你和你的爱爬进睡袋外面。
24. A snake can crawl and swim.
    蛇能爬行和游泳。
25. His car slowed to a crawl.
    他的汽车放慢速度到了爬行的地步。
26. I saw a Gila monster crawl under it.
    我看到一直毒蜥蜴爬到下面去了。
27. I heard a noise that made my skin crawl.
    我听到一个使我毛骨悚然的声音。
28. I tried to crawl but grew giddy and fell asleep.
    我试着爬但增长晕眩、入睡。
29. Frog gave Snake his long tail and Snake could crawl on the ground.
    青蛙把尾巴给了蛇，于是蛇能够在地上爬了。
30. I want you to crawl slowly back to your holes. move!
    我要你慢慢爬回你的洞去，快！

be crawling with sth

1. 挤满；爬满
   to be full of or completely covered with people, insects or animals, in a way that is unpleasant
   1. Our baby is just starting to crawl.
      我们的宝宝刚开始会爬。
   2. A man was crawling away from the burning wreckage.
      一个男人正从燃烧着的残骸往外爬。

v.

make your skin crawl

• 使人毛骨悚然；让人起鸡皮疙瘩
  to make you feel afraid or full of disgust

come/crawl out of the woodwork

• 突然露面；纷纷出笼
  if you say that sb comes/crawls out of the woodwork , you mean that they have suddenly appeared in order to express an opinion or to take advantage of a situation
  1. When he won the lottery, all sorts of distant relatives came out of the woodwork.
     他博彩中奖后，八杆子打不着的亲戚都突然来登门造访。

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:    crawlingcreepcreeping

2. a very slow movement
   1. the traffic advanced at a crawl

3. a swimming stroke

   Synonym:    front crawlAustralian crawl

verb

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

   Synonym:    creep

2. swim by doing the crawl
   1. European children learn the breast strok

3. show submission or fear

   Synonym:    fawncreepcringecowergrovel

4. be full of
   1. The old cheese was crawling with maggots

5. feel as if crawling with insects
   1. My skin crawled--I was terrified