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creep

/kɹiːp/

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verb

爬行，匍匐。

To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.

Examples :

"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。

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verb

蔓延，匍匐。

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

Examples :

"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。

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verb

悄悄地移动, 爬行

To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.

Examples :

"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。

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verb

逐渐发展，缓慢蔓延。

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

Examples :

"The temperature gradually creeped up throughout the day. "

白天气温逐渐升高。

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verb

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.

Examples :

"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.

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verb

悄悄移动, 缓慢蔓延.

To slip, or to become slightly displaced.

Examples :

"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。

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verb

谄媚，奉承。

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

Examples :

"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。

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verb

爬行，蠕动，毛骨悚然。

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

Examples :

"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。

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verb

用抓钩打捞，用耙蔓搜索。

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

Examples :

"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。

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verb

偷情，出轨。

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

Examples :

"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。

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noun

爬行，蠕动

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

Examples :

"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。

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noun

渐变, 缓慢变化.

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

Examples :

"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。

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noun

蠕动，潜移默动

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

Examples :

"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。

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noun

蔓延，滋长。

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

Examples :

"christmas creep"

圣诞节蔓延成风

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noun

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.

Examples :

"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。

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noun

蠕变，潜变

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

Examples :

"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。

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noun

蠕动，潜移默化

The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.

Examples :

"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。

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noun

怪人，讨厌鬼。

Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.

Examples :

""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。

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noun

令人毛骨悚然的人，变态。

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

Examples :

"Stop following me, you creep!"

别跟着我，你这变态！

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noun

矮墙，畜栏。

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

Examples :

"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。

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