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creeping

/kree-ping/US // ˈkri pɪŋ //

蠕动的,爬行的,爬行,攀爬的

Related Words

dragging拖动,拖累,拖动的,拖动式spreading平展的,蔓延,蔓延的,平展climbing攀爬,攀登,攀升,攀爬的groveling卑躬屈膝,卑躬屈膝的,卑躬屈膝地,卑躬屈膝的人crawling爬行,匍匐前进,攀爬,匍匐行进sneaking偷偷摸摸,偷偷摸摸的,偷偷摸摸地,鬼鬼祟祟inching寸步难行,寸步不离,寸进,寸步不让quailing鹌鹑,奎林,雀跃,帆船shuffling摇摆不定,趿拉着鞋,洗牌,趿拉着鞋子writhing蠕动的,蠕动,蠕变的,蠕动着的skulking偷偷摸摸,偷偷摸摸的,潜伏,潜行shambling摇摇晃晃,摇摇欲坠,摇摇晃晃的,蹒跚而行hobbling蹒跚学步,步履蹒跚,蹒跚的脚步,蹒跚而行slinking滑行,偷偷摸摸,溜达,偷偷摸摸的worming驱虫,虫害,驱虫法,蠕虫病wriggling蠕动的,蠕动,蠕变的,蠕动着slithering滑行,滑行的,溜达,溜溜达达squirming蠕动的,蠕动,蠕动式,蠕动式的reptilian爬虫类,爬行类,爬行动物,爬行者horizontal横向,水平,水平的,卧式

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Slang. the act or practice of following someone persistently or stealthily, especially online: Twitter and LinkedIn creeping is a normal part of my day.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : advancing or developing gradually so as to infringe on or supplant something else: creeping inflation;creeping socialism.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.in the act of creeping
Synonyms
dragging拖动,拖累,拖动的,拖动式crawling爬行,匍匐前进,攀爬,匍匐行进groveling卑躬屈膝,卑躬屈膝的,卑躬屈膝地,卑躬屈膝的人hobbling蹒跚学步,步履蹒跚,蹒跚的脚步,蹒跚而行inching寸步难行,寸步不离,寸进,寸步不让shambling摇摇晃晃,摇摇欲坠,摇摇晃晃的,蹒跚而行shuffling摇摆不定,趿拉着鞋,洗牌,趿拉着鞋子skulking偷偷摸摸,偷偷摸摸的,潜伏,潜行slinking滑行,偷偷摸摸,溜达,偷偷摸摸的slithering滑行,滑行的,溜达,溜溜达达sneaking偷偷摸摸,偷偷摸摸的,偷偷摸摸地,鬼鬼祟祟squirming蠕动的,蠕动,蠕动式,蠕动式的worming驱虫,虫害,驱虫法,蠕虫病wriggling蠕动的,蠕动,蠕变的,蠕动着writhing蠕动的,蠕动,蠕变的,蠕动着的barely moving勉勉强强,勉为其难,勉勉强强的移动,勉勉强强地移动moving slowly缓慢移动,缓慢前进,缓慢地移动,缓缓移动on all fours四肢着地,四脚朝天,四肢着地的,四肢发达
adj.given to creeping
Synonyms
climbing攀爬,攀登,攀升,攀爬的spreading平展的,蔓延,蔓延的,平展clinging粘着,粘着的,执着,执着的horizontal横向,水平,水平的,卧式prostrate匍匐前进,平卧,匍匐前行,匍匐reptilian爬虫类,爬行类,爬行动物,爬行者trailing蔓生的,蔓生,尾随,后面的growing along the ground沿地生长,沿着地面生长,沿着地面生长的,沿地生长的procumbent平卧,平民,卧底,卧床不起recumbent卧床,卧铺,卧床不起,卧床休息reptant爬行者,爬虫,爬行动物,蜥蜴人serpentine蛇形结构,蛇形,蛇形线,蛇形的stoloniferous有匍匐茎的,有匍匐茎的人,匍匐茎的,匍匐茎vermicular蛭子,蛭石,蛭类,蛭鼠vinelike醋溜子,乙烯基,醋味,醋溜

Examples

  • And so the same creeping rot of the rule of law that the administration has inflicted on immigration now bedevils our drug laws.

  • She smiled, too, her incisors creeping out from behind her lips.

  • There are some stats to explain why the age of nominees is creeping up.

  • She confessed to harboring a “creeping concern that [Edward Snowden] is not who he purports to be.”

  • A creeping sense develops that Judy fled not just a stifling culture but a genuine existential threat.

  • The lady in black, creeping behind them, looked a trifle paler and more jaded than usual.

  • Her feet crush creeping things: there is a busy ant or blazoned beetle, with its back broken, writhing in the dust, unseen.

  • I still think we might have done as well at much less cost by creeping up these 200 or 300 yards by night.

  • They destroy ants and spiders and other creeping things, so that Alila's mother never kills them nor drives them away.

  • But he did not notice a silent figure creeping up to the window of the room in which the rest were dining.

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