crawl

Động từ

bò, trườn

a snake crawling along [the ground]

một con rắn bò đi [trên mặt đất]

a baby crawls [around] before it can walk

trẻ con biết bò trước khi biết đi

bò lê, lết

the wounded man crawled to the phone

người đàn ông bị thương lết đến bên máy điện thoại

nhích lên chậm như bò

the traffic crawled over the bridge in the rush hour

dòng xe cộ nhích qua cầu chậm như bò trong giờ cao điểm

(+ with) lúc nhúc

the ground was crawling with ants

mặt đất lúc nhúc những kiến

(+ to) luồn cúi, quỵ lụy

he's always crawling [to the boss]

ông ta luôn luôn quỵ lụy [ông chủ]

make one's (somebody's) flesh crawl (creep)

xem flesh

Danh từ

động tác bò [trẻ em]

sự nhích lên như bò

lối bơi crôn

* Các từ tương tự:
crawler, Crawling peg, crawlingly, crawly

verb

crawls; crawled; crawling

[no obj]

to move on your hands and knees

Does the baby crawl yet?

We got down on our knees and crawled through a small opening.

The baby crawled across the floor toward her mother.

to move with the body close to or on the ground

The soldiers crawled forward on their bellies.

The snake crawled into its hole.

There's a spider crawling [=moving forward on its legs] up the wall.

[no obj] :to move slowly

They're doing construction on the road, so traffic is crawling.

I worked late into the night, and it was 2 a.m. before I finally crawled into bed.

The bus crawled along the rough and narrow road.

The days slowly crawled by.

Traffic has crawled to a stop/standstill. [=has come to a complete stop after moving very slowly]

Work on the project has crawled to a standstill.

[+ obj] :to move slowly on, across, or through (something)

We all got into the old truck and crawled the streets of the city looking for him.

[no obj] :to be full of many people, insects, animals, etc. - usually used in the phrase be crawling with

The courthouse is crawling [=teeming] with reporters today.

The table was crawling with ants.

[no obj] Brit informal + disapproving :to be extremely nice to someone in order to get approval or some advantage for yourself

He's been crawling [=creeping] to the boss for months, so it's no surprise he got a promotion.

come/go crawling to

informal

If you come/go crawling (back) to someone, you go to someone for help or approval in a way that shows you are weak or sorry for what you have done.

Don't come crawling to me for help later if you aren't going to listen to me now.

He's gone crawling back to his old girlfriend.

crawl out of the woodwork

xem woodwork

make your skin/flesh crawl

If something makes your skin/flesh crawl, it causes you to have an uncomfortable feeling of fear or disgust.

Just thinking about being down in that dark cave makes my skin crawl.

noun

[singular] a very slow speed

Near the construction site, traffic had slowed to a crawl.

The bus was moving along at a crawl.

a way of swimming in which the swimmer lies facing down in the water and moves first one arm over the head and then the other while kicking the legs

Her strongest stroke is the crawl. - see also pub crawl

* Các từ tương tự:
crawl space

verb

A spider is crawling on your collar

For a solid hour the cars just crawled along at a snail's pace

inch

creep

drag

Don't worry, he'll soon come crawling, begging you to take him back

The scene of the crime crawled with police

teem

abound

swarm

be overrun or swamped

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