crawls

英 [krɔːlz]

美 [krɔːlz]

v.  爬; 爬行; 匍匐行进; (昆虫)爬行; 缓慢行进
crawl的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 爬;爬行;匍匐前进
  When youcrawl, you move forward on your hands and knees.
  1. Don't worry if your baby seems a little reluctant to crawl or walk...
     如果你的宝宝不爱爬也不爱走，不要担心。
  2. I began to crawl on my hands and knees towards the door...
     我开始手脚并用朝门口爬去。
  3. As he tried to crawl away, he was hit in the shoulder.
     他试图爬走时肩膀中枪了。
• VERB (昆虫)爬行
  When an insectcrawlssomewhere, it moves there quite slowly.
  1. I watched the moth crawl up the outside of the lampshade.
     我看着飞蛾爬到灯罩外面。
• VERB 缓慢行进;艰难前进
  If someone or somethingcrawlssomewhere, they move or progress slowly or with great difficulty.
  1. I crawled out of bed at nine-thirty...
     我9点半才勉强从床上爬起来。
  2. They had not foreseen the higher inflation in France when most of Western Europe was crawling out of recession...
     当西欧的大多数国家正从经济衰退中缓慢复苏时，他们并没有预见到法国的通货膨胀率会升高。
  3. Hairpin turns force the car to crawl at 10 miles an hour in some places.
     在一些地段，U形弯路使得汽车只能以每小时10英里的速度缓慢行进。
  4. Crawlis also a noun.
     
  5. The traffic on the approach road slowed to a crawl.
     引路上车辆行驶缓慢。
• VERB 挤满，爬满(人或动物)
  If you say that a placeis crawling withpeople or animals, you are emphasizing that it is full of them.
  1. This place is crawling with police.
     这个地方全是警察。
  2. ...rock-hard earth littered with rubbish and crawling with vermin.
     丢满垃圾、爬满虫子的坚硬土地
• 爬泳;自由泳
  The crawlis a kind of swimming stroke which you do lying on your front, swinging one arm over your head, and then the other arm.
• PHRASE 使震惊;使生厌
  If somethingmakesyourskin crawlormakesyourflesh crawl, it makes you feel shocked or disgusted.
  1. I hated this man, his very touch made my skin crawl.
     我讨厌这个男人，他碰我一下我都觉得恶心。
• See also:kerb-crawlingpub crawl

双语例句

• But when he crawls to half time, he fell and falls broke the both legs.
  但是当他爬到一半的时候，他掉了下来并摔断了双腿。
• The cameraman crawls under people's feet.
  那位摄影师在人们的脚下匍匐而行。
• He guts and skins the camel and crawls inside its carcass.
  他把骆驼的内脏取出来，剥下它的皮，然后爬进骆驼的躯壳中。
• An orange crab crawls on a leaf on Panay Island in the Philippines.
  一只橙色的螃蟹在菲律宾班乃岛的一片树叶上爬行。
• A baby wearing open-crotch pants crawls on the ground.
  一个穿开裆裤的婴儿正在地上爬。
• I used to go on pub crawls with him every weekend.
  以前每逢周末我都和他一家家酒店挨着个地喝酒。
• Cambridge crawls with tourists in the summer.
  剑桥到夏季时全是游客。
• He never crawls to his superiors.
  他对上司从不卑躬屈膝。
• Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience, he climbs to the top of his cage, crawls across a partition, and dangles from the top to the lion's cage.
  不想失去他的观众，他爬到笼子顶上，翻越过隔墙，悬吊在狮子笼子顶上。
• It crawls over the edges of the snow.
  在雪的边缘爬行。