crawl across/into/onto sth
表示身体贴地或用手和膝盖爬行时，crawl 是不及物动词，后面接地点或方向状语，不直接跟宾语。
The baby crawled across the floor to reach the toy.
婴儿爬过地板去够玩具。
缓慢移动；艰难前行；爬满；挤满；（皮肤）发麻；起鸡皮疙瘩；用爬泳姿势游泳；游自由泳；巴结；谄媚；卑躬屈膝
To move on one's hands and knees or with the body close to the ground; to move over (a place) in this way.
像蠕虫或昆虫那样,或像人类婴儿那样,用身体贴着或接近地面移动,或用手和膝盖爬行。
To move by dragging one's body along or close to a surface, like a worm or insect, or on one's hands and knees, like a human baby.
缓慢或费力地移动或前进,或由于虚弱而非常困难地移动,或频繁停顿。
To move or progress slowly or laboriously, or with great difficulty (for example due to feebleness) or frequent stops.
用诡计和卑躬屈膝的方式前进；以谄媚的态度行事,试图讨好某人以获得好感。
To advance by guile and servility; to act in a servile manner, trying to please someone in order to gain favor.
通过伸展卷须、茎或枝来蔓延；爬行或蔓生(如藤蔓)。
To spread by extending tendrils, stems, or branches; to creep or trail (as a vine).
用爬泳姿势游泳。
To swim using the crawl stroke.
后接with:见crawl with。
Followed by with: see crawl with.
感到一阵蠕动感；感觉好像有昆虫在皮肤上爬过。
To feel a swarming sensation; to have a sensation like that produced by insects crawling over one's body.
不均匀地扩展；未能均匀地分布或保持均匀分布。
To spread unevenly; to fail to be or remain evenly spread.
用手和膝盖或拖着身体在(某区域)上移动。
To move over (an area) on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along.
缓慢地、频繁停顿地在(某区域)上移动。
To move over (an area) slowly, with frequent stops.
一般现在时
I crawl on my hands and knees.
我用手和膝盖爬行。
一般过去时
The baby crawled across the floor.
宝宝在地板上爬过。
现在进行时
The children are crawling through the tunnel.
孩子们正在爬过隧道。
表示身体贴近地面移动
The baby crawled across the floor to reach her toy.
婴儿爬过地板去够她的玩具。
用法提示：此处'crawled'是crawl的过去式，表示身体贴近地面缓慢移动。
Traffic was crawling along the highway during rush hour.
高峰时段，高速公路上的车辆缓慢前行。
用法提示：此处'crawling'是crawl的现在分词，比喻车辆像爬行一样缓慢移动。
The old attic made my skin crawl with the thought of spiders.
一想到蜘蛛，那个旧阁楼就让我起鸡皮疙瘩。
用法提示：此处'crawl'作动词，在'my skin crawl'中表示皮肤有虫爬感，形容恐惧或厌恶。
表示身体贴地或用手和膝盖爬行时，crawl 是不及物动词，后面接地点或方向状语，不直接跟宾语。
The baby crawled across the floor to reach the toy.
婴儿爬过地板去够玩具。
这个结构表示某处爬满或挤满某物，多以进行时 be crawling with 出现。
The kitchen floor was crawling with ants.
厨房地板上爬满了蚂蚁。
除爬行外，crawl 还可指车辆、进度等缓慢费力地移动或推进，此时同样不接宾语。
The traffic crawled forward inch by inch in the rush hour.
高峰时段车流一寸一寸地向前挪动。
creep侧重悄悄或谨慎地移动，crawl则强调四肢着地爬行
slither通常用于蛇类等无四肢的动物，crawl用于人或四肢动物
inch强调极慢的渐进式移动，crawl可指爬行或缓慢行进
wriggle着重身体扭动，crawl着重用手和膝盖支撑
shuffle指脚不离地的拖曳行走，crawl则要手脚并用在地上爬
grammar · medium
易错句子The baby climbed across the floor.
正确表达The baby crawled across the floor.
汉语的“爬”同时涵盖“爬行”和“攀爬”两个意思,但英语分工明确:crawl 指身体贴地或用四肢在平面上移动,climb 强调向上攀登(爬树、爬山、爬楼梯)。婴儿在平地上移动只能用 crawl,不能用 climb。
grammar · medium
易错句子She crawled the stairs slowly.
正确表达She crawled up the stairs slowly.
crawl 表示这一移动义时是不及物动词,不能直接跟宾语说明移动的场所;路径必须由介词(up、across、into、through 等)引出,所以要用 crawl up the stairs 而不是 crawl the stairs。
grammar · medium
易错句子The kitchen floor was crawled with ants.
正确表达The kitchen floor was crawling with ants.
crawl with 表示“爬满、挤满”,主语是被爬满的地点,强调其处于这种状态,要用主动形式 be crawling with,不能用被动语态 was crawled with。
反义词，对应“爬行”义项，指快速移动。
四肢爬行
The baby crawled on all fours across the room.
婴儿四肢爬行穿过房间。
爬进被窝
After a long day, I crawled into bed and fell asleep immediately.
漫长的一天后，我爬进被窝，立刻睡着了。
爬满昆虫
The kitchen floor was crawling with ants.
厨房地板上爬满了蚂蚁。
令人毛骨悚然
The horror movie made my skin crawl.
这部恐怖电影令我毛骨悚然。
在车流中缓慢行驶
We crawled through traffic for two hours to get home.
我们花了两个小时在车流中缓慢行驶才到家。
婴儿和动物爬行时通常接触地板。
爬行时膝盖常着地。
虫子（如蜘蛛）爬行移动。
婴儿在学会走路前先爬行。
自由泳（crawl stroke）是一种游泳姿势。
充满（尤指令人不快的生物）
The old house was crawling with spiders.
那栋老房子里爬满了蜘蛛。
使某人毛骨悚然
The sound of scratching made my flesh crawl.
那种刮擦声让我毛骨悚然。
巴结某人，拍马屁
He got the promotion by crawling to the boss.
他靠巴结老板得到了升职。
我得爬过一条满是屎的河流，然后在另一边干净地出来。
In The Shawshank Redemption, Andy crawls through a sewage pipe to escape prison.
在《肖申克的救赎》中，安迪爬过污水管道越狱。
在我的皮肤里爬行，这些伤口，它们不会愈合。
The song 'Crawling' by Linkin Park uses the word 'crawling' to describe emotional pain.
林肯公园的歌曲《Crawling》用'爬行'来形容情感痛苦。
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