crawl
英 [krɔːl] 美 [krɔːl]
v.爬行；卑躬屈膝；自由式游泳 n.爬行；匍匐而行；[体]自由式游泳
◉Etymology
“Crawl”源自中古英语“crawlen”，意为“爬行”或“匍匐前进”，与单词“creep”相关，都表示缓慢或低姿态的移动。因此，“crawl”一词的本义是指像爬行动物一样低姿态移动，后来扩展到形容缓慢或痛苦的前进方式。
◉外刊例句
① 《纽约时报》（The New York Times）, 2024-11-20
The traffic in the city was crawling, with cars moving at a snail’s pace.
城市中的交通缓慢移动，车辆以蜗牛的速度前进。
② 《卫报》（The Guardian）, 2024-10-30
The injured soldier crawled his way out of the battlefield, enduring excruciating pain.
受伤的士兵忍受着剧痛，匍匐着爬出了战场。
◉经典名著
① 《呼啸山庄》（Wuthering Heights）, 艾米莉·勃朗特, 1847
The wind howled through the moors, and the rain began to crawl down the windows.
风在荒野中呼啸，雨开始顺着窗户缓缓流下。
② 《海底两万里》（Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea）, 儒勒·凡尔纳, 1870
The Nautilus crawled along the ocean floor, its powerful lights illuminating the dark depths.
鹦鹉螺号沿着海底缓慢前行，强大的灯光照亮了深邃的黑暗。
◉Usage Examples
(1) The baby is just learning to crawl.
(2) Soldiers quietly crawl to advance to enemy.
(3) You must not crawl into the favor of your superiors.
(4) I hate people who creep and crawl to others.
(5) European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl.
(6) The crawl of snake is terrifying.
(7) It was not a walk, not a run; it was a crawl.
(8) He can swim breaststroke, backstroke and crawl.
(9) I'm best at the crawl, but I enjoy the breast stroke, too.
(1) 那个婴儿正在学习爬行。
(2) 士兵们悄悄地向敌人匍匐前进。
(3) 你不应卑躬屈膝地讨好你的上司。
(4) 我讨厌那些阿谀奉承的人。
(5) 欧洲小孩学习蛙泳；他们经常不知道怎样进行自由式游泳。
(6) 蛇爬行起来真可怕。
(7) 这不是走，也不是跑，而是爬。
(8) 他会游蛙泳、仰泳和自由泳。
(9) 我最擅长自由式，但也喜欢蛙式。
◉Usage Notes
To crawl is to move slowly across the floor on your hands and knees. Before they learn to walk, most babies crawl.
You might crawl around looking for a lost earring, or watch a spider crawl across your ceiling. The slow, creeping movement itself is a crawl, too: "Traffic was moving at a crawl." When your dog has fleas, he crawls with them, and if something gives you a creepy, prickling sensation, it makes your skin crawl. Crawl probably comes from the Old Norse krafla, "to claw one's way," which shares a root with crab.
◉Colins
1. [VERB 动词]爬；爬行；匍匐前进 When you crawl, you move forward on your hands and knees. [V] [V prep/adv]
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。
2. [VERB 动词](昆虫)爬行 When an insect crawls somewhere, it moves there quite slowly. [V prep]
I watched the moth crawl up the outside of the lampshade.
我看着飞蛾爬到灯罩外面。
3. [VERB 动词]缓慢行进；艰难前进 If someone or something crawls somewhere, they move or progress slowly or with great difficulty. [V prep/adv] [V] [a N]
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。
Crawl is also a noun.
④ The traffic on the approach road slowed to a crawl.
引路上车辆行驶缓慢。
4. [VERB 动词]挤满，爬满(人或动物) If you say that a place is crawling with people or animals, you are emphasizing that it is full of them. [V with n] [only cont] [emphasis] [INFORMAL 非正式]
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
5. [N-SING 单数名词]爬泳；自由泳 The crawl is a kind of swimming stroke which you do lying on your front, swinging one arm over your head, and then the other arm. [the N]
6. [PHRASE 短语]使震惊；使生厌 If something makes your skin crawl or makes your flesh crawl, it makes you feel shocked or disgusted. [V inflects]
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。
7. See also:kerb-crawling；pub crawl；
