crawled
past simple and past participle ofcrawl
| 单词 | crawled |
| 释义 | crawled past simple and past participle ofcrawl crawl verb uk/krɔːl/us/krɑːl/crawlverb(MOVE)B2[I] tomovealong onhandsandkneesor withyourbodystretchedout along asurface: Thechildcrawledacrossthefloor. Megan has justlearnedto crawl. Theinjuredsoldiercrawled tosafety. He had to crawl along aledgeand get in through awindow. [I] tomoveorprogressslowlyor withdifficulty: Thelorrycrawlednoisilyup thehill. There's a lot ofworkto be done and we're crawlingalongat a snail'space. to move slowly
Moving on your hands and legs or on your stomach
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Slow and moving slowly crawlverb(TRY TO PLEASE)[I]UKinformaldisapproving totryhard topleaseinorderto get anadvantage: I don't likepeoplewho crawl. He crawledtothegroupleaderbecause hewantedapromotion. Praising insincerely or too eagerly
crawlverb(FILL)be crawling withsomethingC2informal to becompletelycoveredwith orfullof aparticulartypeof thing: After thebombscare, theairportwas crawling withpolice. Full
Idiomcrawl back (tosomeone) Examplesofcrawledcrawled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Many of these doomed larvae hadcrawledonto the sides of the vial rather than remaining on the food. From theCambridge English Corpus One might have worked upright, with a 'loose-eye', for instance, while another might have crouched andcrawledon its belly while deploying its 'collie-eye'. From theCambridge English Corpus When the emergence hole was complete, the adultcrawledout of the host egg onto the leaf epidermis. From theCambridge English Corpus I listened to the bristles as itcrawledover the edge of a vertical piece of paper. From theCambridge English Corpus Once there, they flew orcrawledupwards, through the funnel unit, towards the light and into the sample tube (fig. 2). From theCambridge English Corpus This stage fed more often and for longer periods,crawledless and fed more often in exposed locations on mature older leaves. From theCambridge English Corpus Visits to pistillate flowers were recorded only if the insect landed on orcrawledover the stigma. From theCambridge English Corpus This larva hadcrawledout of the dish and was picked up together with some wood chips. From theCambridge English Corpus The females readilycrawledonto the host, and typically oviposited within a few seconds. From theCambridge English Corpus Some wormscrawledpart way up the cone and thencrawledaround the cone, without migrating either farther up or back down to the flat surface. From theCambridge English Corpus Shecrawledaround in circles. From theCambridge English Corpus The number of larvae which did migrate down was slightly, but not significantly, greater than the number whichcrawledto the well in the centre of the flat control plates. From theCambridge English Corpus A boy of fivecrawledthrough, and lost both his legs above the knee. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In our various ways, we are allcrawledover by accountants, and it is not always something that one really wants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I havecrawledover and under lorries and have seen the faults that have been found. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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