crawl /krɔːl/ CET4 TEM4 ( crawling, crawled, crawls )

• 1. 

  V-I When you crawl, you move forward on your hands and knees. 爬

  例：

  Don't worry if your baby seems a little reluctant to crawl or walk.

  如果你的小宝宝看起来有点不愿爬或走，不用担心。

  例：

  I began to crawl on my hands and knees toward the door.

  我开始手脚并用向门爬去。

• 2. 

  V-I When an insect crawls somewhere, it moves there quite slowly. 爬行

  例：

  I watched the moth crawl up the outside of the lampshade.

  我看着蛾子爬上灯罩表面。

• 3. 

  V-I If someone or something crawls somewhere, they move or progress slowly or with great difficulty. 缓慢行进

  例：

  I crawled out of bed at nine-thirty.

  9：30我才慢慢地爬下床。

• 4. 

  N-SING Crawl is also a noun. 缓慢行进 ['a' N]

  例：

  The traffic on the off-ramp slowed to a crawl.

  驶出匝道的交通慢得在爬进。

• 5. 

  V-I If you say that a place is crawling with people or animals, you are emphasizing that it is full of them. 到处都是 [非正式] [only cont]

  例：

  This place is crawling with police.

  这个地方警察到处都是。

• 6. 

  N-SING 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. 自由泳

  例：

  I expected him to do 50 lengths of the crawl.

  我希望他以自由泳游50趟。

• 7. 

  N-COUNT an enclosure in shallow, coastal water for fish, lobsters, etc 养鱼(及龙虾等的)池