单词 | creep |
释义 | creep creep /kriːp/ verb [I usually + adv/prep] (crept, crept) ↑Verb Endings for creep ► C2 to move slowly, quietly, and carefully, usually in order to avoid being noticed: » She turned off the light and crept through the door.» Someone was creeping around outside my window.» The spider crept up the wall.» The traffic was creeping along at a snail's pace.Thesaurus+: ↑Moving to avoid being seenThesaurus+: ↑Slow and moving slowly creep /kriːp/ noun INFORMAL (PERSON) F0 [C] UK someone who tries to make someone more important like them by being very polite and helpful in a way that is not sincere: » Making coffee for the boss again? You creep!Thesaurus+: ↑Praising insincerely or too eagerlyC2 [C] an unpleasant person, especially a man: » He was a real creep - he was always staring at me in the canteen.» [as form of address] Leave me alone, creep!Thesaurus+: ↑Unpleasant men , ↑Unpleasant people in general creep /kriːp/ noun INFORMAL give sb the creeps► F0 to cause someone to have uncomfortable feelings of nervousness or fear: » Living next to a graveyard would give me the creeps.Thesaurus+: ↑Frightening and scaring |
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