crawl
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/krɔːl/
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/krɔːl/
to move on your hands and knees or with your body low to the ground
The baby learned to crawl across the floor.
宝宝学会了在地板上爬行。
when an insect or spider moves on its legs
I saw an ant crawl up the wall.
我看到一只蚂蚁在墙上爬。
to move very slowly
Time seemed to crawl during the long wait.
在漫长的等待中,时间似乎过得很慢。
to be too nice to someone in power to get something
He would crawl to his teacher for better grades.
他会巴结老师以求更好的成绩。
to search the internet to collect data
Search engines crawl websites to index them.
搜索引擎爬取网站以建立索引。
a very slow speed
The car moved at a crawl in heavy traffic.
在拥堵的交通中,汽车缓慢前行。
a fast swimming style where you move your arms over your head
She won the race using the crawl stroke.
她使用爬泳姿势赢得了比赛。