| 单词 | crawl |
| 释义 | verb | noun crawlcrawl1 /krɔl/ ●●○ S3 verb [intransitive] 1 to move along on your hands and knees or with your body close to the ground: When did Sam start crawling?crawl along/through/across etc. We had to crawl through a short tunnel to get to the cave.2if an insect crawls, it moves using its legs: crawl over/up etc. There’s an ant crawling up your leg!3if a vehicle crawls, it moves forward very slowly: crawl along/by etc. The car crawled along the rutted dirt roads.4crawl into/out of bed to get into or out of bed slowly, because you are very tired: Mark finally crawled into bed at two in the morning.5be crawling with something to be completely covered with insects, people, etc.: The apartments were crawling with rats and fleas.6crawl the Net/Web if a computer program crawls the Internet, it quickly searches the Internet to find the particular information you need → spider7come crawling (back to somebody) informal to admit that you were wrong and ask for something that you refused to accept in the past: In a few months, he’ll come crawling back, wanting his old job. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old Norse krafla] → see also make somebody’s skin crawl at skin1 (9) verb | noun crawlcrawl2 noun 1[singular] a very slow speed: Traffic has slowed to a crawl.2the crawl a way of swimming in which you lie on your stomach and move one arm and then the other over your head |
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