crawls
US /krɔːlz/
UK /krɔːlz/
動詞
1.
爬行
to move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground
範例:
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The baby crawls across the floor.
嬰兒在地上爬行。
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The soldier crawls through the mud.
士兵在泥濘中爬行。
2.
緩慢移動, 爬行
to move very slowly
範例:
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Traffic crawls during rush hour.
交通在高峰期緩慢行駛。
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The old car just crawls up the hill.
那輛舊車只是緩慢地爬上山。
3.
爬滿, 毛骨悚然
to be covered or feel as if covered with moving things
範例:
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The old house crawls with spiders.
那座老房子爬滿了蜘蛛。
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My skin crawls when I hear that sound.
聽到那個聲音，我毛骨悚然。
名詞
爬行, 緩慢移動
a very slow pace of movement
範例:
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The traffic was moving at a crawl.
交通以緩慢的速度移動。
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The project came to a complete crawl.
項目完全停滯不前。