vi.躡手躡腳地走；爬；漸漸出現(xiàn)；蔓延；毛骨悚然

n.卑鄙小人；爬；徐行；蠕動

We take off our shoes and creep cautiously along the passage. 我們脫掉了鞋，在走廊中躡手躡腳地往前走。

As the doctors became more tired, errors began to creep into their work. 由于越來越疲勞，醫(yī)生的工作開始出現(xiàn)差錯。

Old age creeps up on you before you realize it. 人不知不覺就變老了。

Do not allow chemicals to creep into the sewer grid. 不允許把化學品蔓延到下水道的分格中。

As for corruption, there is no indication at all that it has started to creep in to our society. 至于貪污方面,沒有半點跡象顯示貪污之風已開始蔓延至本港社會。

The mysterious sound made my flesh creep. 那神秘的聲音嚇得我毛骨悚然。

You slimy little creep! 你這個卑鄙無恥的奴才！

That creep always quarrels with his neighbors. 那個討厭鬼老跟鄰居吵架。

I felt the soil creep and heave beneath me, like some monstrous serpent. 我覺得大地在我下面起伏蠕動，象一條可怕的巨蟒。

creep的基本意思是“緩慢〔悄悄〕地行進”,隱含唯恐被人發(fā)現(xiàn)之意,也可指人或動物身體貼著地面“爬行,匍匐”,可用來比喻歲月、時間等慢慢流逝,數(shù)量、份額等逐漸爬升,錯誤、麻煩等偷偷出現(xiàn),情緒、感覺等悄然涌上心頭。