crawl

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

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。

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

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

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]

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]

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

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