这些动词都有“爬”之意。
creep : 多指人或四足动物匍匐爬行,尤指偷偷地或不出声地缓慢向前爬行。也指植物的蔓延生长等。
- 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。
climb : 通常指用手或足爬上或爬下,也指飞机、日、月的上升,还可用作比喻。
- to climb the stairs/mountain
爬楼梯/登山 - I hate climbing ladders.
我讨厌爬梯子。 - We're going climbing (= climbing mountains as a sport) in Scotland next weekend.
下周末我们要去苏格兰爬山。
crawl : 指人或动物以身躯贴着地面缓慢地移动。
- The child crawled across the floor.
那个孩子爬过了地板。 - The injured soldier crawled to safety.
受伤的士兵慢慢爬向安全的地方。 - Megan has just learned to crawl.
梅甘刚学会爬。 - The lorry crawled noisily up the hill.
卡车轰轰隆隆吃力地爬上山坡。