1 to move very quietly and carefully so that nobody will notice you 悄悄地移动;蹑手蹑脚地走:
She crept into the room so as not to wake him up.她悄悄地走进房间,生怕吵醒他。
2 to move forward slowly 缓慢地前进:
The traffic was only creeping along.车辆只是在缓慢前进。
make your flesh creep→FLESHcreep in to begin to appear 开始出现:
All sorts of changes are beginning to creep into the education system.教育制度渐渐起了各种各样的变化。
creep²
/kri:p ||; krip/noun
[C] (informal 非正式) a person that you do not like because he/she tries too hard to be liked by people in authority 马屁精
give sb the creeps(informal 非正式) to make sb feel frightened or nervous 使人觉得讨厌;使人不寒而栗:
There's something about him that gives me the creeps.他身上有种东西让我觉得讨厌。
creep1/krip; kriːp/v [I] past tense and past participle crept /krɛpt; krept/1 to move very quietly so that no one will notice you 悄悄地移动﹔蹑手蹑脚地走: +down/in/out etc She crept down the stairs in the dark. 她在黑暗中蹑手蹑脚地下楼。see box at见 WALK1 方框2 to move somewhere very slowly [→ crawl] 缓慢地移动: The car was creeping along in heavy traffic. 汽车在拥挤的车流中缓慢地移动。3 to gradually start to happen 逐渐开始显现: +into/in/over etc A note of panic had crept into his voice. 他的话音显现出一丝惊慌。4 to gradually increase 逐渐增长: +up The total number of people out of work crept up to five million. 失业的总人数逐渐增长到 500 万。creep up on sbphr v 1 to surprise someone by walking up behind them quickly 悄悄从后面靠近〔吓人一跳〕: I wish you wouldn’t creep up on me like that! 我希望你不要那样悄悄从后面走近吓我一跳!2 if a feeling, problem, or bad situation creeps up on you, it gradually affects you without you realizing it〔感觉﹑问题或不好的情形〕不知不觉地影响: Tiredness can creep up on you when you’re stressed at work. 工作压力大时不知不觉就会累了。3 if an event creeps up on you, it seems to happen sooner than you expect〔某事件〕不知不觉地到来: Somehow, the end of term had crept up on us. 不知不觉又到学期末了。
creep2n 1 [C usually singular 一般用单数] someone who you dislike a lot 极讨厌的人: Go away, you little creep! 走开﹐你这个讨厌鬼!2 give you the creeps to make you feel nervous or frightened 使人紧张[害怕]: That guy gives me the creeps! 那家伙让我害怕!
creepcreepcreepscreptcreepingverb (creeps, creeping, crept/, has crept)to move quietly and carefully so that nobody hears or sees you: I crept into the room where the children were sleeping.The cat crept towards the bird.