creep

英 [kri?p] 美[krip]

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第三人稱單數(shù):?creeps;過去式:?crept;過去分詞:?crept;現(xiàn)在分詞:?creeping;

creep 爬

來自PIE*ger, 彎，轉(zhuǎn)，詞源同crook,crank.

creep: creep: [OE] Creep is an ancient verb, which has been traced back to Indo–European *greub-. This was the source also of Dutch kriupen and Swedish krypa ‘creep’, and of Lithuanian grubineti ‘stumble’, and links have been suggested with English cripple. The related Indo-European *greug- produced German kriechen ‘creep’.
=> cripple
creep (v.): Old English creopan "to creep" (class II strong verb; past tense creap, past participle cropen), from Proto-Germanic *kreupan (cognates: Old Frisian kriapa, Middle Dutch crupen, Old Norse krjupa "to creep"), perhaps from a PIE root *g(e)r- "crooked" [Watkins]. Related: Crept; creeping.
creep (n.): "a creeping motion," 1818, from creep (v.). Meaning "despicable person" is 1935, American English slang, perhaps from earlier sense of "sneak thief" (1914). Creeper "a gilded rascal" is recorded from c. 1600, and the word also was used of certain classes of thieves, especially those who robbed customers in brothels. The creeps "a feeling of dread or revulsion" first attested 1849, in Dickens.

1. The desire to be a mother may creep up on you unexpectedly.: 你會(huì)不知不覺地產(chǎn)生想當(dāng)母親的渴望。

2. I would creep in and with stealthy footsteps explore the second-floor.: 我會(huì)偷偷溜進(jìn)去，輕手輕腳地查看一下二樓。