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VERB
爬;爬行;匍匐前進
When you crawl, you move forward on your hands and knees.
例句
Don't worry if your baby seems a little reluctant to crawl or walk...
如果你的寶寶不愛爬也不愛走，不要擔心。
I began to crawl on my hands and knees towards the door...
我開始手腳并用朝門口爬去。
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VERB
(昆蟲)爬行
When an insect crawls somewhere, it moves there quite slowly.
例句
I watched the moth crawl up the outside of the lampshade.
我看著飛蛾爬到燈罩外面。
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VERB
緩慢行進;艱難前進
If someone or something crawls somewhere, they move or progress slowly or with great difficulty.
例句
I crawled out of bed at nine-thirty...
我9點半才勉強從床上爬起來。
They had not foreseen the higher inflation in France when most of Western Europe was crawling out of recession...
當西歐的大多數國家正從經濟衰退中緩慢復蘇時，他們并沒有預見到法國的通貨膨脹率會升高。
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VERB
擠滿，爬滿(人或動物)
If you say that a place is crawling with people or animals, you are emphasizing that it is full of them.
例句
This place is crawling with police.
這個地方全是警察。
...rock-hard earth littered with rubbish and crawling with vermin.
丟滿垃圾、爬滿蟲子的堅硬土地
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N-SING
爬泳;自由泳
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.
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PHRASE
使震驚;使生厭
If something makes your skin crawl or makes your flesh crawl, it makes you feel shocked or disgusted.
例句
I hated this man, his very touch made my skin crawl.
我討厭這個男人，他碰我一下我都覺得惡心。