creeping

英 [ˈkriːpɪŋ]

美 [ˈkriːpɪŋ]

adj.  (不知不觉地)逐渐发生的; 缓慢行进的
v.  悄悄地缓慢行进; 蹑手蹑脚地移动; 匍匐; 爬行; 非常缓慢地行进; 不知不觉产生; 渐渐出现
creep的现在分词

现在分词：creeping　

BNC.13746 / COCA.15723

牛津词典

adj.

• （不知不觉地）逐渐发生的；缓慢行进的
  happening or moving gradually and not easily noticed
  1. creeping inflation
     慢慢加剧的通货膨胀

柯林斯词典

• VERB (人或动物)悄悄地缓慢行进，蹑手蹑脚地移动
  When people or animalscreepsomewhere, they move quietly and slowly.
  1. Back I go to the hotel and creep up to my room...
     我回到旅馆，蹑手蹑脚地上楼回到房间。
  2. The rabbit creeps away and hides in a hole.
     兔子悄悄溜走，藏进洞里。
• VERB 缓慢移动
  If somethingcreepssomewhere, it moves very slowly.
  1. Mist had crept in again from the sea.
     薄雾又从海面上弥漫过来了。
• VERB 不知不觉地发生
  If somethingcreepsin orcreepsback, it begins to occur or becomes part of something without people realizing or without them wanting it.
  1. Insecurity might creep in...
     可能会不知不觉地产生不安全感。
  2. An increasing ratio of mistakes, perhaps induced by tiredness, crept into her game.
     可能是由于体力不支，她在比赛中的失误越来越多。
  3. ...a proposal that crept through unnoticed at the National Council in December...
     一项于12月份在全国委员会不声不响获得通过的提议
  4. Now his other major works are creeping back into concert programmes...
     现在他的其他主要作品又悄然出现在音乐会节目单上。
  5. Their organisation has been subjected to creeping privatisation since 1981.
     自1981年以来他们的组织已经被逐渐私有化了。
• VERB (比率或数值)逐渐增长
  If a rate or numbercreeps upto a higher level, it gradually reaches that level.
  1. The inflation rate has been creeping up to 9.5 per cent...
     通货膨胀率已攀升至9.5%。
  2. The average number of students in each class is creeping up from three to four.
     每个班的平均学生人数已经从3人增长到了4人。
• 讨厌鬼; (尤指)讨好卖乖的人，马屁精
  If you describe someone as acreep, you mean that you dislike them a great deal, especially because they are insincere and flatter people.
• PHRASE 吓人;使惊慌;使心里发毛
  If someone or somethinggivesyouthe creeps, they make you feel very nervous or frightened.
  1. I always hated that statue. It gave me the creeps.
     我一直都很讨厌那座雕像。它让我心里发毛。
• tomakesomeone'sflesh creep→ see:flesh

英英释义

noun

• 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:crawlcrawlingcreep

双语例句

• We saw two more wild cats creeping towards us in the darkness
  我们看见又有两只野猫在黑暗中悄悄向我们靠近。
• I had a queer sensation as if a worm was creeping down my spine.
  我有一种可疑的感觉，好象有个虫子在顺着我的脊梁往下爬似的。
• The creeping tide of nationalisation eroded incentives for investment, and swept away the resources needed for private investment.
  逐渐兴起的国有化浪潮削弱了投资激励，卷走了私人投资所需的资源。
• Their organisation has been subjected to creeping privatisation since 1981.
  自1981年以来他们的组织已经被逐渐私有化了。
• The statues cast long creeping shadows.
  塑像投下了长长的、缓缓蠕动的影子。
• Oil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry plant.
  从匍匐生根的鹿蹄草或冬青植物中提取出来的油或调味品。
• Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
  一个热带植物属，具有匍匐的根茎和小的伞形花。
• Time is creeping on and we have done nothing.
  时间就快到了我们什么都没有做。
• This is the sound of money creeping out of the Greek banking system.
  这是钱从希腊银行系统中不断流出的声音。
• The relation of stability and creeping reason and its method for correction of balance circuit were analyzed.
  分析了液压平衡回路稳定性与爬行原因及排除方法的关系。