Word · Frequency #5004
crawls
爬行；匍匐
crawls is the plural of crawl.
The act of moving slowly on hands and knees or with the body close to the ground.
- 1.
The act of moving slowly on hands and knees, etc.
缓慢地用手和膝盖移动的动作
- 2.
A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.
用于养鱼的桩栏或围栏
- 3.
The act of sequentially visiting a series of similar establishments (i.e., a bar crawl).
依次访问一系列类似场所的活动(如酒吧巡游)
- 4.
A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
一种快速游泳姿势,交替划臂并伴随打水动作
- 5.
A very slow pace.
非常缓慢的速度
- 6.
A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
覆盖在主图像上的水平或垂直滚动文本
缓慢的速度；龟速；爬泳；自由泳；酒吧串游；逐店畅饮；滚动字幕；跑马字幕；鱼栅；养鱼围栏
In use
The traffic moved at a crawl during rush hour.
The baby's crawl was unsteady but full of determination.
Due to the heavy rain, the construction work proceeded at a crawl.
Connections
Collocations
- at a crawl
- 以极慢的速度（移动）
- Traffic was moving at a crawl after the accident.事故发生后，车辆正以极慢的速度移动。
- pub crawl
- 酒吧串游；串酒吧
- We went on a pub crawl through the old town.我们沿着老城区进行了一次酒吧串游。
- front crawl
- 爬泳；自由泳
- The coach taught us the front crawl first.教练先教我们爬泳。
- news crawl
- 滚动新闻条
- The breaking news appeared on the news crawl at the bottom of the screen.突发新闻出现在屏幕底部的滚动新闻条上。
Idioms & figurative uses
- make someone's skin crawl
- 使某人毛骨悚然；让人起鸡皮疙瘩The sound of nails scratching a blackboard makes my skin crawl.指甲刮黑板的声音让我毛骨悚然。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
crawl 里的 c 像婴儿趴着时弓起的背，手膝着地，慢慢向前挪；引申为缓慢、爬泳。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：everyday conversation、swimming / sports、social night out、fisheries / technical writing、broadcasting / web design crawl 作名词时有多个义项，语域随之变化：日常口语多指“爬行”或“缓慢移动/龟速”；在游泳场景中表示“爬泳、自由泳”；bar crawl 这一表达常见于非正式社交场合；而“养鱼围栏”“字幕滚动条”等义项则较专业或正式。使用时需根据具体含义选择语域。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上词的尾音都读 /ɔːl/，与 crawl 的读音押韵。brawl、drawl、shawl 和 crawl 都含“awl”，而 ball、call、tall 含“all”；这里的“aw”和“all”都发相同的长音。注意“law”拼写相似但读 /lɔː/，没有末尾的 /l/，因此并不押韵。
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。
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