creeper

FREQ #26344

n. 爬行者

发音

US /ˈkɹipɚ/
AU

词形变化

creepers 复数 creepers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person or a thing that crawls or creeps.

  2. 2.

    Any creeping animal (such as a serpent), reptile.

    爬虫

    爬行动物

  3. 3.

    A one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.

  4. 4.

    A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position.

  5. 5.

    A metal plate with spikes, designed to be worn with shoes to prevent slipping.

  6. 6.

    A spur-like device strapped to the boot to facilitate climbing.

  7. 7.

    A small low iron, or dog, between the andirons.

  8. 8.

    An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dredging up items from a well or other water.

  9. 9.

    Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, such as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.

  10. 10.

    Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping, especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus.

  11. 11.

    A treecreeper.

  12. 12.

    Strophitus undulatus, a freshwater mussel of the eastern United States.

  13. 13.

    A small four-hooked grapnel used to recover objects dropped onto the sea bed.

    航海 交通
  14. 14.

    The lowest gear of some tractors or trucks: one with so low a gear ratio that the vehicle creeps along at the speed of a human's slow walk.

    Throwing it in creeper and then getting out to work alongside is strictly forbidden because it is too dangerous if anything goes wrong.

  15. 15.

    A low-profile wheeled platform whereupon one may lie on one's back and gain better access to the roof of a space with very low height (such as the underbody of a vehicle), or a low stool similarly wheeled.

    If my phone rings while I'm on a creeper underneath the car with oil on my hands, well, the caller will just have to leave a voicemail.

  16. 16.

    A person who creeps people out; a creepy person.

    贬义 俚语

    Don't go to a nightclub to find a boyfriend. They're all creepers there.

  17. 17.

    A kind of shoe, usually with a suede upper and a thick crepe sole, associated with various 20th-century subcultures.

  18. 18.

    A ball that travels low, near ground level.

    体育 游戏

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词源

From Middle English crepere, from Old English crēopere, equivalent to creep + -er. Slang usage derived from phrase give the creeps or creep out (distinct from merely one who creeps).

来源:wiktionary