creep
- IPA[kriːp]
英式
- move slowly and carefully in order to avoid being heard or noticed；(of a thing) move very slowly and inexorably
- a detestable person；a person who behaves obsequiously in the hope of advancement.
verb: creep, 3rd person present: creeps, gerund or present participle: creeping, past tense: crept, past participle: crept
noun: creep, plural noun: creeps
- 釋義
- 片語
動詞
- 1. move slowly and carefully in order to avoid being heard or noticed he crept downstairs, hardly making any noise 同義詞
- ▪ (of a thing) move very slowly and inexorably the fog was creeping up from the marsh
- 2. (of a plant) grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches thorny roses crept up the dull gray walls
- 3. (of a plastic solid) undergo gradual deformation under stress.
名詞
- 1. informal, derogatory a detestable person I thought he was a nasty little creep 同義詞
- ▪ a person who behaves obsequiously in the hope of advancement. 同義詞
- 2. slow steady movement, especially when imperceptible an attempt to prevent this slow creep of costs
- ▪ the tendency of a car with automatic transmission to move when in gear without the accelerator being pressed creep can be useful in slow-moving traffic or when parking
- ▪ the gradual downward movement of disintegrated rock or soil due to gravity stones and earth slowly slip down the slopes by soil creep
- ▪ the gradual deformation of a plastic solid under stress metals and ceramics can also exhibit creep
- ▪ gradual bulging of the floor of a mine owing to pressure on the pillars the mines were unworkable because of creep
- 3. British an opening in a hedge or wall for an animal to pass through low in the wall are creeps, through which ewes gain access to grazing from the pastures behind
- ▪ a feeding enclosure for young animals, with a long, narrow entrance young piglets spend most of their time in the creep
- 4. British solid food given to young farm animals in order to wean them we've started to wean the lambs earlier and to keep them on creep
