Word · Frequency #5004
crawling
爬;爬行;匍匐前进
crawling is the present participle of crawl.
To move on one's hands and knees or with the body close to the ground; to move over (a place) in this way.
- 1.
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.
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。
- 2.
To move or progress slowly or laboriously, or with great difficulty (for example due to feebleness) or frequent stops.
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。
- 3.
To advance by guile and servility; to act in a servile manner, trying to please someone in order to gain favor.
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。
- 4.
To spread by extending tendrils, stems, or branches; to creep or trail (as a vine).
通过伸展卷须、茎或枝来蔓延;爬行或蔓生(如藤蔓)。
- 5.
To swim using the crawl stroke.
用爬泳姿势游泳。
- 6.
Followed by with: see crawl with.
后接with:见crawl with。
- 7.
To feel a swarming sensation; to have a sensation like that produced by insects crawling over one's body.
感到一阵蠕动感;感觉好像有昆虫在皮肤上爬过。
- 8.
To spread unevenly; to fail to be or remain evenly spread.
不均匀地扩展;未能均匀地分布或保持均匀分布。
- 9.
To move over (an area) on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along.
用手和膝盖或拖着身体在(某区域)上移动。
- 10.
To move over (an area) slowly, with frequent stops.
缓慢地、频繁停顿地在(某区域)上移动。
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
In use
The baby crawled across the floor to reach her toy.
Traffic was crawling along the highway during rush hour.
The old attic made my skin crawl with the thought of spiders.
Verb forms
base crawl · third person crawls · -ing crawling · past crawled · past participle crawled
表示身体贴近地面移动
Connections
Collocations
- crawl on all fours
- 四肢爬行
- The baby crawled on all fours across the room.婴儿四肢爬行穿过房间。
- crawl into bed
- 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。
- crawl with insects
- 爬满昆虫
- The kitchen floor was crawling with ants.厨房地板上爬满了蚂蚁。
- make one's skin crawl
- 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。
- crawl through traffic
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
crawl 意为'爬行',联想婴儿爬行时手脚并用,字母c代表弯曲的腿。
Context & Register
中性;多用于描述人、动物或昆虫在地面或低处的缓慢移动,常见于日常生活场景,如婴儿爬行、伤员匍匐等。
Grammar Note
多用作不及物动词,不直接接宾语。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the 'awl' spelling and have the same pronunciation rhyme /ɔl/ as 'crawl'. No false lookalikes are listed.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.