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the creep of sth
名词 creep 常与 of 连用，表示某事物缓慢而持续的增长或蔓延。
The creep of housing costs has made life harder for young people.
住房成本的逐步上涨使年轻人的生活更加艰难。
爬行；蠕动
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爬行；蠕动
The slow, quiet movement of a small creature such as a worm or snail.
The creep of housing costs has made life harder for young people.
住房成本的逐步上涨使年轻人的生活更加艰难。
像蠕虫或蜗牛一样缓慢移动的东西的运动
The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
测量中相对较小的逐步变化、偏差或偏移(与计划值相比)
A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
物体的轻微移位；某物的轻微移动
A slight displacement of an object; the slight movement of something.
超出原始目标或界限的逐渐扩展或扩散,通常被视为负面
The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
That guy at the party was a total creep.
派对上的那个家伙完全是个怪人。
I don't like hanging out with those creeps.
我不喜欢和那些怪人一起玩。
He gave me a creepy smile and I knew he was a creep.
他对我露出了令人毛骨悚然的微笑，我知道他是个怪人。
名词 creep 常与 of 连用，表示某事物缓慢而持续的增长或蔓延。
The creep of housing costs has made life harder for young people.
住房成本的逐步上涨使年轻人的生活更加艰难。
此结构强调向某一状态或方向逐渐移动，多用于负面语境。
The government's creep toward censorship alarmed journalists.
政府逐步走向审查制度令记者们感到震惊。
在工程语境中，creep 指材料在长期应力下的缓慢变形。
Engineers must account for creep in the bridge's cables.
工程师必须考虑桥梁钢索的蠕变。
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十足的讨厌鬼
That guy is a total creep; he never respects personal space.
那家伙十足是个讨厌鬼，从不尊重个人空间。
…的缓慢蔓延
Farmers are worried about the creep of urbanization into rural areas.
农民们担心城市化向农村地区的缓慢蔓延。
缓慢的爬行
The glacier's slow creep carves the valley over millennia.
冰川的缓慢爬行在 millennia 中雕刻出山谷。
悄悄接近；逐渐逼近
Old age creeps up on you before you know it.
不知不觉中，老年就悄悄向你逼近了。
令人毛骨悚然；使人不寒而栗
That old house gives me the creeps.
那栋老房子让我毛骨悚然。
使某人感到害怕或不舒服
His constant staring really creeps me out.
他不停地盯着我看，真让我感到不舒服。
我是个怪胎，我是个怪人
The song 'Creep' by Radiohead features the lyric 'I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo'.
电台司令乐队的歌曲《怪胎》中有句歌词：‘我是个怪胎，我是个怪人。’
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想象蜘蛛在墙上creep（爬行），令人害怕，名词指让人不适的怪人。
register: informal; typical settings: 日常口语，用于描述令人讨厌或毛骨悚然的人; note_zh: 通常用于非正式场合
常指令人讨厌的人，可数名词。
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