verb🔗Share爬行,匍匐。 To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground."The baby turtle crept across the lawn, its belly dragging close to the ground. "小乌龟肚子贴着地面,慢慢地在草坪上爬行。animalactionbiologynatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share蔓延,匍匐。 Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards."The ivy tends to creep across the brick wall instead of growing straight up. "这种常春藤喜欢在砖墙上蔓延生长,而不是向上直立生长。plantbiologynatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share悄悄地移动, 爬行 To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction."The cat crept silently across the floor towards the food bowl. "猫咪悄悄地在地板上爬行,朝着猫粮碗走去。actiondirectionwayChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share逐渐发展,缓慢蔓延。 To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction."The temperature gradually creeped up throughout the day. "白天气温逐渐升高。directionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share爬行, 潛行,偷偷地移動. To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself."The thief crept silently through the school hallway, trying not to be heard. "小偷悄悄地在学校走廊里潛行,尽量不发出声音.actionwayChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share悄悄移动, 缓慢蔓延. To slip, or to become slightly displaced."The loose floorboards in the attic creaked and groaned as I crept through the room. "阁楼里松动的地板在我悄悄穿过房间时,发出吱嘎和呻吟的声音,似乎要移位了。actionphysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share谄媚,奉承。 To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn."The new student crept around the class, trying to win the teacher's favor by constantly agreeing with everything she said. "那个新生在班里到处谄媚奉承,总是赞同老师说的每句话,想以此来博取老师的欢心。attitudecharacteractionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share爬行,蠕动,毛骨悚然。 To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl."The cold, damp floor made goosebumps rise and made her skin creep. "冰冷潮湿的地板让她起了鸡皮疙瘩,还让她觉得皮肤上好像有小虫子在爬。sensationbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share用抓钩打捞,用耙蔓搜索。 To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable."The salvage team will creep the seabed with specialized equipment to locate and recover the lost section of the transatlantic cable. "救援队将用专用设备在海底用耙蔓搜索,以定位并回收丢失的那段跨大西洋电缆。nauticaltechnologymachineoceansailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share偷情,出轨。 To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with."He crept on his coworker during their lunch break, hiding his affair from his wife. "他趁午休时间和他的同事偷情,瞒着他的妻子搞外遇。sexmoralactionhumansocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share爬行,蠕动 The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails)"The slow creep of the ants across the kitchen counter was a nuisance. "蚂蚁在厨房台面上缓慢的爬行真是烦人。animalactionwayorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share渐变, 缓慢变化. A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure."The engineer carefully monitored the bridge for any signs of creep in the concrete supports after the heavy truck traffic. "在重型卡车流量过后,工程师小心地监测桥梁,看混凝土支撑结构是否有任何渐变迹象。technicalsciencephysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share蠕动,潜移默动 A slight displacement of an object: the slight movement of something"The tiny creep of the floorboards signaled someone was walking upstairs. "地板微微的蠕动声表明有人正在楼上走动。physicsscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share蔓延,滋长。 The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively."christmas creep"圣诞节蔓延成风negativetendencysituationprocessbusinesssocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share书页突出, 内页伸出 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 book's pages had a noticeable creep, causing the inside pages to stick out more than the outer ones. "这本书的书页有明显的书页突出问题,导致内页比外页伸出更多。technicalwritingstructureliteraturepartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share蠕变,潜变 An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress."The slow creep of the foundation caused the house to lean slightly over time. "地基的缓慢蠕变导致房子随着时间的推移而略微倾斜。materialphysicstechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share蠕动,潜移默化 The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock."The slow creep of the hillside soil made the foundation of the old house unstable. "山坡土壤的缓慢蠕动使得老房子的地基变得不稳固。geologyenvironmentnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share怪人,讨厌鬼。 Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.""Everyone avoids talking to Michael; they say he's a real creep." "大家都躲着不跟迈克尔说话,说他真是个讨厌鬼。characterpersonhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share令人毛骨悚然的人,变态。 A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills."Stop following me, you creep!"别跟着我,你这变态!personcharacterhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share矮墙,畜栏。 A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through."The farmer used a wire creep to keep the rabbits out of the vegetable garden, but let the chickens through. "农夫用一个铁丝矮墙,只为阻止兔子进入菜园,却让小鸡可以自由出入。propertyarchitectureanimalagricultureenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading