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C0730600 (krôl)intr.v. crawled, crawl·ing, crawls 1. To move slowly on the hands and knees or by dragging the body along the ground; creep: The baby crawled across the floor.2. To advance slowly, feebly, laboriously, or with frequent stops: We crawled along in traffic until we reached the highway.3. To proceed or act servilely: "She was going to come crawling back to me, eloquently detailing exactly how sorry she was" (Emily Griffin).4. To be or feel as if swarming or covered with moving things: The accident scene was crawling with police officers. My flesh crawled in horror.5. To swim the crawl.n.1. The action of moving slowly on the hands or knees or dragging the body along the ground.2. An extremely slow pace: Traffic was moving at a crawl.3. Sports A rapid swimming stroke consisting of alternating overarm strokes and a flutter kick.4. A set of letters or figures that move across, up, or down a movie or television screen, usually giving information, such as film credits or weather alerts. Also called crawler.5. A social activity that consists of going to a series of related establishments one after the other: a bar crawl; a museum crawl.

[Middle English craulen, from Old Norse krafla; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.]

crawl′ing·ly adv.

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C0730600 (krôl)n. Archaic A pen in shallow water, as for confining fish or turtles.

[Afrikaans kraal, enclosure for animals; see kraal.]

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(krɔːl) vb (intr) 1. to move slowly, either by dragging the body along the ground or on the hands and knees2. to proceed or move along very slowly or laboriously: the traffic crawled along the road. 3. to act or behave in a servile manner; fawn; cringe4. to be or feel as if overrun by something unpleasant, esp crawling creatures: the pile of refuse crawled with insects. 5. (Zoology) (of insects, worms, snakes, etc) to move with the body close to the ground6. (Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) to swim the crawln7. a slow creeping pace or motion8. (Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) swimming Also called: Australian crawl or front crawl a stroke in which the feet are kicked like paddles while the arms reach forward and pull back through the water[C14: probably from Old Norse krafla to creep; compare Swedish kravla, Middle Low German krabbelen to crawl, Old Norse krabbi crab¹] ˈcrawlingly adv

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(krɔːl) n (Agriculture) an enclosure in shallow, coastal water for fish, lobsters, etc[C17: from Dutch kraal kraal]

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v.i. 1. to move in a prone position with the body close to the ground, as a worm or caterpillar, or on the hands and knees. 2. to move or progress slowly or laboriously: a line of cars crawling toward the beach. 3. to behave in a remorseful or cringing manner. 4. to be, or feel as if, overrun with crawling things: The hut crawled with insects. 5. (of paint) to raise or contract because of an imperfect bond with the underlying surface. v.t. 6. to visit or frequent one after the other: a night of crawling the pubs. n. 7. the act of crawling; a slow, crawling motion. 8. a slow rate of progress. 9. a swimming stroke in a prone position, characterized by alternate overarm movements combined with the flutter kick. 10. text that moves slowly across a television or movie screen, giving information. [1150–1200; Middle English < Old Norse krafla; compare Dan kravle to crawl, creep] crawl′ing•ly, adv.

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Past participle: crawled
Gerund: crawling

Imperative
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Present
I crawl
you crawl
he/she/it crawls
we crawl
you crawl
they crawl

Preterite
I crawled
you crawled
he/she/it crawled
we crawled
you crawled
they crawled

Present Continuous
I am crawling
you are crawling
he/she/it is crawling
we are crawling
you are crawling
they are crawling

Present Perfect
I have crawled
you have crawled
he/she/it has crawled
we have crawled
you have crawled
they have crawled

Past Continuous
I was crawling
you were crawling
he/she/it was crawling
we were crawling
you were crawling
they were crawling

Past Perfect
I had crawled
you had crawled
he/she/it had crawled
we had crawled
you had crawled
they had crawled

Future
I will crawl
you will crawl
he/she/it will crawl
we will crawl
you will crawl
they will crawl

Future Perfect
I will have crawled
you will have crawled
he/she/it will have crawled
we will have crawled
you will have crawled
they will have crawled

Future Continuous
I will be crawling
you will be crawling
he/she/it will be crawling
we will be crawling
you will be crawling
they will be crawling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been crawling
you have been crawling
he/she/it has been crawling
we have been crawling
you have been crawling
they have been crawling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been crawling
you will have been crawling
he/she/it will have been crawling
we will have been crawling
you will have been crawling
they will have been crawling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been crawling
you had been crawling
he/she/it had been crawling
we had been crawling
you had been crawling
they had been crawling

Conditional
I would crawl
you would crawl
he/she/it would crawl
we would crawl
you would crawl
they would crawl

Past Conditional
I would have crawled
you would have crawled
he/she/it would have crawled
we would have crawled
you would have crawled
they would have crawled

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crawl - a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl"movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
	2.	crawl - a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kickAustralian crawl, front crawlswimming stroke - a method of moving the arms and legs to push against the water and propel the swimmer forwardflutter kick - a swimming kick; the legs are moved rapidly up and down without bending the knees
	3.	crawl - a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"crawling, creeping, creeplocomotion, travel - self-propelled movement
Verb	1.	crawl - move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"creepgo, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"formicate - crawl about like ants
	2.	crawl - feel as if crawling with insects; "My skin crawled--I was terrified"feel - be felt or perceived in a certain way; "The ground feels shaky"; "The sheets feel soft"
	3.	crawl - be full of; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"pullulate, swarm, teem - be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"
	4.	crawl - show submission or fearfawn, grovel, cower, cringe, creepbend, flex - form a curve; "The stick does not bend"
	5.	crawl - swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"aquatics, water sport - sports that involve bodies of waterswim - travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank"

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verb creep, slither, go on all fours, move on hands and knees, inch, drag, wriggle, writhe, move at a snail's pace, worm your way, advance slowly, pull or drag yourself along I began to crawl on my hands and knees towards the door.
creep run, race, walk, fly, rush, dash, hurry, sprint, dart, hasten, step on it (informal)be crawling with something be full of, teem with, be alive with, swarm with, be overrun with (slang), be lousy with This place is crawling with police.crawl to someone grovel, creep, cringe, fawn, pander to, suck up to someone (slang), toady, brown-nose (taboo slang), truckle, kiss ass (U.S. & Canad. taboo slang), lick someone's boots (slang), humble yourself, lick someone's arse (taboo slang), abase yourself I'd have to crawl to her to keep my job.

crawl

verb1. To move along in a crouching or prone position:creep, slide, snake, worm.2. To advance slowly:creep, drag, inch.3. To be abundantly filled or richly supplied:abound, bristle, flow, overflow, pullulate, swarm, teem.4. To experience a repugnant tingling sensation:creep.nounA very slow rate of speed:creep, snail's pace.

Translations

爬行缓慢的爬行缓慢移动缓慢行进自由式游泳

crawl

(kroːl) verb1. to move slowly along the ground. The injured dog crawled away. 蠕动，缓慢的爬行 2. (of people) to move on hands and knees or with the front of the body on the ground. The baby can't walk yet, but she crawls everywhere.爬行3. to move slowly. The traffic was crawling along at ten kilometres per hour.缓慢移动4. to be covered with crawling things. His hair was crawling with lice. （为虫，蚁等）爬满 noun1. a very slow movement or speed. We drove along at a crawl.缓慢行进2. a style of swimming in which the arms make alternate overarm movements. She's better at the crawl than she is at the breaststroke.自由式游泳

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crawl

Swimming a stroke in which the feet are kicked like paddles while the arms reach forward and pull back through the water

Crawl

the fastest and most popular stroke in short- and long-distance swimming. All contemporary world, Olympic, and national swimming records in freestyle (in which the swimmer can use any stroke) were established using the crawl. The stroke was first used in competition in the early 20th century.

In swimming the crawl face down, the swimmer's body lies freely on the surface of the water, and the face is submerged in the water so that the forehead and part of the top of the head are covered. The legs, stretched out freely to the tips of the toes, press up and down against the water, quickly and in turn, with springy movements; the heels reach the surface of the water. The feet are turned inward somewhat and limp. One leg presses down against the water, bending a little at the knee, while the other, being raised toward the surface, straightens. The amplitude of the leg movements is 40–50 cm. The legs work as close to each other as possible and, when the stroke is done properly, churn the water evenly.

The arms supply the main driving force in swimming the crawl; bent slightly at the elbow, they enter the water in front of the shoulders. The hand goes under first, followed by the forearm and shoulder. The arm is extended and simultaneously lowered. When it reaches an angle of 20°-30° to the water surface, it bends at the wrist and elbow to “grasp” the water better and strokes more rapidly. The palm passes under the body in a sagittal plane, and the stroke ends near the thigh. Stroking speed increases gradually. To increase the effectiveness of the stroke, the swimmer's palm changes position; at first the hand is bent at the wrist, then it gradually straightens. The stroke is long, powerful, and free. After stroking, the arm is drawn lightly out of the water near the thigh, is bent freely at the elbow, is carried forward in a circular motion, and begins a new stroke.

While one arm is stroking, the other is being carried forward above the water. To inhale, the head is turned to the side (right or left) at the end of the stroke so that the mouth is out of the water; the breath is taken at the moment when the arm is ending its stroke and beginning its movement above the water. Having inhaled, the swimmer turns his head face down, before the arm touches the water, and exhales. Both inhaling and exhaling are done through the mouth. For every two strokes with the arms, that is, one cycle of movement, the swimmer usually makes six kicks with his legs. Depending on the distance, the individual characteristics of the swimmer, the swimming speed, and so on, several deviations from the described technique of swimming the crawl are possible.

A. M. Shumin, V. V. Ushakov, N. S. Borisov, V. I. Sorokin, V. V. Bure, and other Soviet swimmers have made important contributions to the improvement of this technique. Soviet records in swimming the crawl, particularly at short distances for men, closely approximate world records. The crawl can also be done successfully on one's back.

N. A. BUTOVICH

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The movement of paint in a wet paint film that does not remain evenly spread but redistributes itself after application, usually as a result of an imperfect bond with the surface.

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To search the Internet for hosts, Web pages or blogs. See spider.

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verb creep

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phrase be crawling with something

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phrase crawl to someone

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verb to move along in a crouching or prone position

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verb to advance slowly

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verb to be abundantly filled or richly supplied

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verb to experience a repugnant tingling sensation

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noun a very slow rate of speed

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noun a very slow movement

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noun a swimming stroke

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noun a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

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verb move slowly

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verb feel as if crawling with insects

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verb be full of

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verb show submission or fear

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verb swim by doing the crawl

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