could和might表推测的区别 词义辨析crawl
英语单词crawl, creep, climb和scramble都有“爬/爬行”的意思,但要区分并准确使用它们,有必要了解一下它们各自的用法和引申词义。希望以下详尽的解释和足够的举例,能有助于你的理解和使用。
creep [kriːp] vi. (crept, crept)& n.
- 爬行,指无足动物的爬行,也指人或四足动物匍匐爬行:Lizards and snakes crept over the ground. 蜥蜴和蛇爬过地面。
a snail creeping over a forest path
- 悄悄地缓慢行进,蹑手蹑脚地移动:The thief crept along the corridor. 那贼偷偷地在走廊上潜行。
- 蔓生,蔓延,指植物的蔓延生长:A slight feeling of suspicion crept over me. 我渐渐地产生了一丝疑虑。
The plant creeps.
- 不知不觉产生,渐渐出现:Insecurity might creep in. 不安全感可能会悄然而生。Mist crept in again from the sea. 薄雾从海面上弥漫过来。
- 起鸡皮疙瘩,产生毛骨悚然的感觉:I felt a chill creep over me. 我感到周身发冷。It makes my flesh creep to think of it. 想到它就会让我毛骨悚然。
- 谄媚奉承,巴结: (creep to sb)
- 作名词,除以上词条对应的词义之外,另有“讨厌鬼、讨好卖乖的人、谄媚奉承的人、马屁精”之意。
- 短语/习语:make one’s flesh creep 使某人起鸡皮疙瘩/毛骨悚然:The sight of the snake makes my flesh creep. 一看见蛇, 我就觉得毛骨悚然。give sb the creeps 吓人;使惊慌;使心里发毛;creep toward 蹑手蹑脚地移向;慢慢移向;creep into 悄悄溜进;悄悄出现;creep in 缓慢移动;悄然出现;creep up 缓慢上移;逐渐增长
- 歌词:Because a vision softly creeping… 因为有一种幻觉正向悄悄地向我袭来…… (“The Sound Of Silence”) Creepin' thru the streets at night after a fuss and fight… 缓慢地穿过午夜的大街, 身上带着新添的伤痕…… (“Lonely” - Nana)
crawl [krɔ:l] vi. & n.
- 爬;(昆虫) 爬行:There's a spider crawling up your leg. 有只蜘蛛正顺着你的腿往上爬。I felt something crawl up my arm. 我感到有东西顺着我手臂往上爬。
- 匍匐行进, 主要指腹部贴着地面“爬行”的内涵:The injured soldier crawled to safety. 受伤的士兵慢慢爬向安全的地方。
a crawling soldier
- 徐徐前进,缓慢行进, 强调动作之缓慢:The traffic was crawling along. 来往车辆缓缓而行。The weeks crawled by. 几个星期慢慢地过去了。the traffic crawling at less than 20mph
the traffic crawling at less than 20mph
- 挤满,爬满(人或动物):This place is crawling with police. 这个地方全是警察。
- 卑躬屈膝;谄媚;巴结;拍马屁: (crawl to sb, 与creep无明显区别):She's always crawling to the boss. 她对老板总是谄媚奉承。
- 作名词,除以上词条对应的词义之外,还有“爬泳、自由泳”之意。
- 短语/习语:be crawling with sth 挤满;爬满;make your skin crawl 使人毛骨悚然;让人起鸡皮疙瘩;come/crawl out of the woodwork 突然露面;纷纷出笼
- 歌词:I’ll crawl the sandy bottom of Puget Sound. 我将爬行在普捷湾的砂粒海底。(“Hello Seattle”) My place ain’t too far,we can crawl on our knees. 我的家并不太远,我们匍匐前行。(“Happy Hew Year” – Kid Rock) But I'm never gonna make it without you. Do you really wanna see me crawl? 但是如果没有你我却永远都做不到,难道你真要我祈求你吗?(“Making Love Out Of Nothing At All”)
- 注:(1) creep 可以指有足或无足的动物的“爬行”,强调悄悄或无声无息的动作;而通常只有有足的动物才crawl。所以,蛇、蜥蜴、蚯蚓、无足蜥蜴等动物的爬行,一般用creep (虽然这种情况下使用crawl的也多了起来);形容超冷液体慢慢移出容器用creep;表现一只猫蹑手蹑脚地向猎物爬去用creep。(2) 表示蛇的“爬行”,另一常用单词是 slither [ˈslɪðə] vi. 滑行; 蛇行; 爬行(to slip or slide like a snake):The snake slithered away as we approached. 我们一走近,蛇就爬走了。
the way a baby crawls, creeps and walks
climb [klaɪm] vi./vt. & n.
- (用脚或手脚并用地) 攀登,爬,主要表达“向上”的“攀登、爬高”内涵,如:爬楼梯 climb up the stairs;爬梯子 climb a ladder;爬山 climb a mountain;爬树 climb a tree。
- 上升;增加;提高地位:The dollar has been climbing all week. 整个星期美元一直在升值。He is climbing upwards in the society. 他正爬向上层社会。The plane is climbing higher and higher. 飞机正在越飞越高。
climbing vertically
Natural gas price has been climbing from Jan.
- (吃力或笨拙地) 爬,攀登,相比于“climb”,其侧重表达“狼狈、仓促、匆忙”攀爬的内涵:The children scrambled over the rocks. 孩子们爬过岩石。We scrambled up the sand dunes on our hands and knees. 我们手脚并用地爬上了这座沙丘。
soldiers scrambling over a wall
- 争抢;抢占;争夺:The audience scrambled for the exits. 观众竞相朝出口拥去。
- 艰难地(或仓促地)完成:He managed to scramble the ball into the net. 他勉力把球捅入了网窝。
- 炒(蛋):scrambled egg 炒蛋
- n. 爬,攀登; 争抢; 抢占; 争夺; 摩托车越野赛
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