单词 | creeping |
释义 | creeping (once / 538 pages) n WORD FAMILY creeping: creepings+/creep: creeped, creeper, creeping, creeps, creepy, crept/creeper: creepers/creepy: creepier, creepiest, creepily, creepiness USAGE EXAMPLESIt maintained it would cause "considerable harm" and "present a creeping domestication" to the surrounding area. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) Inflation, too, is under control and, by all accounts, creeping toward the central bank’s optimal level of 2%. Los Angeles Times(Dec 26, 2016) “It’s like a frog being boiled alive,” the military officer said of the creeping Chinese military buildup. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) n a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body Syn|Hyper crawl, crawling, creep locomotion, travel self-propelled movement |
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