Signification visuelle de 'creeps'? - apprendre avec des images, exemples du quotidien

verb

Ramper, se faufiler

To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.

"The baby creeps across the living room floor towards the toy. "

Le bébé rampe sur le sol du salon en direction du jouet.

animal action biology

verb

Ramper, s'étendre

Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards.

"The ivy creeps along the brick wall of the house. "

Le lierre s'étend le long du mur de briques de la maison.

plant biology nature

verb

Rampe, se faufile

To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.

"The cat creeps slowly toward the bird. "

Le chat se faufile lentement vers l'oiseau.

action way direction

Illustration visuelle de creeps: Progresser lentement, se propager - Image 1

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verb

Progresser lentement, se propager

To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.

"The due date for the assignment creeps closer every day. "

La date limite du devoir se rapproche chaque jour.

direction process tendency action

verb

Rampe, se faufile, se glisse

To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.

"The cat creeps through the tall grass, hunting for birds. "

Le chat se faufile à travers les hautes herbes, chassant les oiseaux.

action way

verb

Se faufiler, glisser

To slip, or to become slightly displaced.

"The rug creeps across the hardwood floor every day, so I have to keep pushing it back. "

Le tapis glisse sur le parquet tous les jours, donc je dois sans cesse le remettre en place.

action position

verb

Ramper, faire du plat

To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.

"The new student crept around the classroom, trying to impress the teacher by always agreeing with everything she said. "

Le nouvel élève rampait dans la salle de classe, essayant d'impressionner le professeur en étant toujours d'accord avec tout ce qu'elle disait.

attitude character human action moral

verb

Ramper, avoir la chair de poule

To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.

"The thought of spiders in the basement creeps me out. "

L'idée des araignées dans le sous-sol me donne la chair de poule.

sensation physiology body

verb

Draguer

To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.

"The salvage team creeps the seabed, hoping to recover the lost instrument package. "

L'équipe de sauvetage drague les fonds marins, espérant récupérer le lot d'instruments perdu.

nautical technology ocean machine

verb

Tromper, cocufier

To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.

""Even though he loves his wife, he sometimes creeps with a woman he met at work." "

Même s'il aime sa femme, il la trompe parfois avec une femme qu'il a rencontrée au travail.

sex moral human action

noun

Rampement

The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails)

"The creeps of the ivy up the old brick wall added a charming, old-fashioned look to the building. "

Le rampement du lierre sur le vieux mur de briques ajoutait un aspect charmant et démodé au bâtiment.

action animal biology

noun

Fluage, dérive

A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.

""The project manager carefully monitored the software's memory usage for any unexpected creeps over time." "

Le chef de projet a surveillé attentivement l'utilisation de la mémoire du logiciel pour détecter toute dérive inattendue au fil du temps.

technical science physics

noun

Déplacement lent

A slight displacement of an object: the slight movement of something

"The slow creeps of the glacier reshaped the valley over centuries. "

Le lent déplacement du glacier a remodelé la vallée au cours des siècles.

physics science

noun

Prolifération, extension insidieuse

The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.

"christmas creep"

Prolifération de Noël

tendency negative process situation organization

noun

Débordement

In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.

"The bookbinder carefully trimmed the edges of the book to compensate for the creeps, ensuring all the pages were flush. "

Le relieur a soigneusement coupé les bords du livre pour compenser le débordement, en veillant à ce que toutes les pages soient alignées.

writing technical structure part

noun

Fluage

An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.

"The engineer carefully measured the creeps in the concrete bridge supports to ensure its long-term safety. "

L'ingénieur a soigneusement mesuré le fluage dans les supports du pont en béton pour assurer sa sécurité à long terme.

material physics science technical

noun

Mouvement lent, fluage

The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.

"The slow, almost invisible, creeps on the hillside were evidenced by the tilting fence posts and the curved tree trunks. "

Les mouvements lents, presque invisibles, sur le flanc de la colline étaient mis en évidence par les poteaux de clôture inclinés et les troncs d'arbres courbés.

geology environment nature

noun

Quelqu'un d'étrange, un type bizarre

Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.

""Everyone avoids the old house on the corner because people say it's full of creeps." "

Tout le monde évite la vieille maison au coin de la rue parce que les gens disent qu'elle est pleine de types bizarres.

character person human

noun

Quelqu'un de flippant, un type bizarre

A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills.

"Stop following me, you creep!"

Arrête de me suivre, espèce de type bizarre !

person character human

noun

Clôture à barreaux, barrière

A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.

"The farmer built creeps in the fence to let the lambs graze in a separate field while keeping the sheep contained. "

L'agriculteur a construit des barrières dans la clôture pour permettre aux agneaux de paître dans un champ séparé tout en gardant les moutons à l'intérieur.

agriculture animal environment nature building

noun

Chair de poule, frissons

(preceded by definite article) A sensation that things are crawling on one's skin.

"After hiking through the tall grass, I felt the creeps all over my legs, like tiny insects were crawling on my skin. "

Après avoir marché dans les hautes herbes, j'ai ressenti des frissons sur toutes mes jambes, comme si de minuscules insectes grimpaient sur ma peau.

sensation body medicine physiology

noun

La chair de poule, la frousse

(preceded by definite article) A feeling of fear or horror.

"I get the creeps walking down that street, even in broad daylight."

J'ai la chair de poule en descendant cette rue, même en plein jour.

sensation emotion mind