词典释义：
[usu. with adverbial of direction]move slowly and carefully, especially in order to avoid being heard or noticed
蹑手蹑脚地行走；悄悄地行进
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he crept downstairs, hardly making any noise 他蹑手蹑脚地下楼，几乎没发出什么声响
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they were taught how to creep up on an enemy .他们受过如何悄悄接近敌人的训练。
(of a thing)move very slowly at an inexorably steady pace
（事物）不可阻挡地缓缓来到
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the fog was creeping up from the marsh .雾正从沼泽地里慢慢生成。
(of a plant)grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches
（植物）匍匐，蔓生
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[as adj.
creeping ]tufts of fine leaves grow on creeping rhizomes .蔓生的根茎上长出了一簇簇纤细的叶子。
(of a plastic solid)undergo gradual deformation under stress
（具有塑性的固体）蠕变。
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（不想要的和负面的特色或事实）逐渐发生；不知不觉地出现
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errors crept into his game 他在比赛中不经意地犯了一些错误
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[as adj.
creeping ]the creeping privatization of the health service 公共医疗卫生服务的逐渐私有化。
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（在数量上）缓慢而稳定地增长
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interest rates have been creeping up in the past few weeks .在过去的几个星期里，利率已在逐渐提高。
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〈非正式〉 （抱着得到提升的希望）对（某人）卑躬屈膝（或谄媚奉承）。
〈非正式〉 讨厌的人，可恶的人。
a person who behaves in an obsequious way in the hope of advancement
奴颜婢膝的人。
[mass noun]slow movement, especially at a steady but almost imperceptible pace
（尤指稳定但不易察觉的）缓慢行进；徐徐移动
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an attempt to prevent this slow creep of costs 防止成本缓慢增加的尝试。
the tendency of a car with automatic transmission to move when in gear without the accelerator being pressed
（有自动传动装置的汽车的）行进倾向。
the gradual downward movement of disintegrated rock or soil due to gravitational forces
蠕动，徐动（碎裂的岩石或土壤在引力作用下的缓慢向下移动）
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stones and earth slowly slip down the slopes by soil creep .石块和泥土由于土壤蠕动而缓缓滑下斜坡。
the gradual deformation of a plastic solid under stress
（具有塑性的固体的）蠕变。
gradual bulging of the floor of a mine owing to pressure on the pillars
（矿柱所受压力导致的矿井地面的）逐渐凸起。
〈英〉 （树篱或墙壁上供动物通过的）墙洞。
a feeding enclosure with a long narrow entrance designed to admit only young animals
幼畜补饲栏，仔畜补料栏。
[mass noun]
〈英〉 给幼畜断奶时吃的固体食物。
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give someone the creeps informal induce a feeling of revulsion or fear in someone 〈非正式〉 使某人感到毛骨悚然 -
make one's flesh creep feel disgust or revulsion and have a sensation like that of something crawling over the skin 感到厌恶；使起鸡皮疙瘩
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