creep
verb [ I usually + adv/prep ] uk/kriːp/ us/kriːp/ crept | crept
C2 （通常指为避免注意而）缓慢行进，悄悄移动，潜行
to move slowly, quietly, and carefully, usually in order to avoid being noticed
She turned off the light and crept through the door. 她关上灯，悄悄溜出门。
Someone was creeping around outside my window. 有人在我的窗户外蹑手蹑脚地走动。
The spider crept up the wall. 蜘蛛缓缓地爬上墙。
The traffic was creeping along at a snail's pace. 车辆如蜗牛般缓慢移动。
Phrasal verbs
creep in/creep into something mainly UK（错误）不知不觉地存在，无法避免地出现
If mistakes creep in or creep into a piece of text, they are included despite efforts not to include them.
A few mistakes always creep in during the editing process. 在编辑过程中总会不小心出几个错。
One or two typing errors crept into the report. 报告中有一两处不易察觉的打字错误。
逐渐显现;逐渐引起注意
to gradually start to be noticeable
Doubts began to creep into my mind about the likely success of the project. 我逐渐对这项计划成功的可能性产生了怀疑。
creep over someone （不好的感觉）渐渐向…袭来
If a bad feeling creeps over someone, the person gradually starts to feel it.
A dangerous tiredness crept over her as she drove. 她驾车时一阵危险的倦意向她袭来。
creep up （价值或数量）慢慢增加，逐渐上升
If the value or amount of something creeps up, it slowly increases.
Over the last year, the rate of inflation has crept up to almost seven percent. 过去一年里，通货膨胀率逐渐上升，几乎达到了7%。
creep up on/behind someone 从…后面悄悄凑上去；蹑手蹑脚地从身后靠近…
to surprise someone and move closer to them without being seen or heard
Don't creep up on me like that! 别再那样悄没声地凑上来吓我一跳！
We crept up behind her and yelled "Boo!" 我们蹑手蹑脚靠近她身后，大喊一声“哇！”。
creep up on someone 不知不觉中体验到（某种情感或状态）
If a feeling or state creeps up on you, you start to experience it so gradually that you do not realize it.
It was only after I turned 60 that old age began to creep up on me. 上了60岁之后，我才感觉自己在不知不觉中已开始变老了。
creep
noun informal uk/kriːp/ us/kriːp/
(PERSON)
[ C ] UK谄媚者，奴颜婢膝者，阿谀奉承者
someone who tries to make someone more important like them by being very polite and helpful in a way that is not sincere
Making coffee for the boss again? You creep! 又在给老板冲咖啡？你这个马屁精！
C2 [ C ]讨厌鬼，令人恶心的人（尤指男人）
an unpleasant person, especially a man
He was such a creep - he was always staring at me in the canteen. 他真是个讨厌鬼——在饭厅里他老盯着我看。
[ as form of address ] Leave me alone, creep! 让我一个人呆一会儿，你这个讨厌鬼！
give someone the creeps 使…毛骨悚然;使…紧张害怕
to cause someone to have uncomfortable feelings of nervousness or fear
Living next to a graveyard would give me the creeps. 住在墓地旁边会令我毛骨悚然。
He didn't speak, but his stare alone gave her the creeps.
He was a mild-mannered novelist who liked nothing better than to give his readers the creeps.
That empty house is totally giving me the creeps - let's get out of here!
The strange music was really giving him the creeps.