crawl

US /krɑːl/
UK /krɑːl/
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1.

爬行, 匍匐

to move on your hands and knees or with your body close to the ground

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The baby learned to crawl before walking.
嬰兒在走路之前學會了爬行。
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We had to crawl through a narrow tunnel.
我們不得不爬過一條狹窄的隧道。
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creepscramblewriggleslither
2.

緩慢移動, 進展緩慢

to move or progress very slowly

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Traffic was crawling during rush hour.
高峰時段交通緩慢。
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The project is crawling along, making little progress.
項目進展緩慢，幾乎沒有進展。
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creepinchdragplodtrudge
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爬行, 緩慢進展

a very slow rate of movement or progress

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The traffic was reduced to a crawl.
交通減緩到爬行。
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The project moved at a painful crawl.
項目以令人痛苦的緩慢速度進行。
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creepdragslowdownstagnation
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be crawling withpub crawlmake someone's skin crawl