crawl

英 [krɔ:l]

美 [krɔl]

基本含义：

v.爬行；卑躬屈膝；自由式游泳

n.爬行；匍匐而行；[体]自由式游泳

详情解释：

v.(动词)

• 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

n.(名词)

• [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

1. 爬;爬行;匍匐前进
When you crawl, you move forward on your hands and knees.

e.g. 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。
e.g. I began to crawl on my hands and knees towards the door...
我开始手脚并用朝门口爬去。

2. (昆虫)爬行
When an insect crawls somewhere, it moves there quite slowly.

e.g. I watched the moth crawl up the outside of the lampshade.
我看着飞蛾爬到灯罩外面。

3. 缓慢行进;艰难前进
If someone or something crawls somewhere, they move or progress slowly or with great difficulty.

e.g. I crawled out of bed at nine-thirty...
我9点半才勉强从床上爬起来。
e.g. 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。

4. 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.

e.g. This place is crawling with police.
这个地方全是警察。
e.g. ...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. 使震惊;使生厌
If something makes your skin crawl or makes your flesh crawl, it makes you feel shocked or disgusted.

e.g. 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. 爬：这个婴儿还不会爬(crawl),更不要说走了. (let alone)(5)有些人想当然地认为日语(Japanese)中的每一个词(8)事先没有仔细阅读合同(contract)就签了名是吉姆(5) 当海啸(tsunami)袭来时,许多东南亚国家遭受了failed. (9)她病得很厉害,

2.

2. 爬泳：medley relay 混合泳 | crawl 爬泳 | breaststroke 蛙式

词语用法：

v.(动词)

• crawl用作动词的基本意思是“爬行”,指腹部或双膝和手贴地爬行; 也可指“徐缓而行”,多用于指车辆缓慢前进,间或也可用于指时间。crawl与介词to搭配,意为“巴结,奉承”,多用于指下级对上级; 与介词with搭配,意为“爬满…,满是”。

相关例句：

The traffic slowed to a crawl.(来往的车辆放缓速度慢慢前行。)

My schoolmates watched time crawl every afternoon, waiting an eternity for the three o'clock bell.(我的同学每天下午都盯着时间流逝，永远地等待着三点钟的钟声。)

I think I can crawl back up.(我想我能爬上来。)

This will allow the robot to crawl around the gastrointestinal tract, perform treatment with appropriate surgical tools, and perform biopsies.(这将使机器人可以在胃肠道周围爬行，用适当的外科手术工具施行治疗，且可以进行活体组织检查。)

The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out.(蠕虫在上面爬进爬出。)

He can swim breaststroke, backstroke and crawl.(他会游蛙泳、仰泳和自由泳。)

A child learns to crawl before he learns to walk.(小孩在学走路之前先学爬。)

They ran a cable from their machine through a crawl space between the basement and the stage.(他们从他们的机器接出了一根通过地下室和舞台间爬行空间的电缆。)

Don't worry if your baby seems a little reluctant to crawl or walk.(如果你的小宝宝看起来有点不愿爬或走，不用担心。)

The Bismarck could now move only at a crawl and her crew were exhausted, hopeless, and utterly demoralized.(俾斯麦号现在只能慢速前进，而全体船员也早已筋疲力尽，悲观失望，完全失去信心。)