creep up
phrasal verbwithcreepverb[Iusually+ adv/prep]uk/kriːp/us/kriːp/crept|crept
If thevalueoramountof somethingcreepsup, itslowlyincreases:
（价值或数量）慢慢增加，逐渐上升Over the lastyear, therateofinflationhascreptup toalmostsevenpercent.过去一年里，通货膨胀率逐渐上升，几乎达到了7%。
Increasing and intensifying
- -ify
- accretion
- accumulate
- accumulative
- add fuel to the fireidiom
- additive
- blaze
- crank
- hot up
- increase
- increment
- inflame
- inflation
- mushroom
- redouble
- resurge
- rocket
- saturation
- scalesomethingup
- stake