creeps

vi.蹑手蹑脚地走；爬；渐渐出现；蔓延；毛骨悚然

n.卑鄙小人；爬；徐行；蠕动

We take off our shoes and creep cautiously along the passage. 我们脱掉了鞋，在走廊中蹑手蹑脚地往前走。

As the doctors became more tired, errors began to creep into their work. 由于越来越疲劳，医生的工作开始出现差错。

Old age creeps up on you before you realize it. 人不知不觉就变老了。

Do not allow chemicals to creep into the sewer grid. 不允许把化学品蔓延到下水道的分格中。

As for corruption, there is no indication at all that it has started to creep in to our society. 至于贪污方面,没有半点迹象显示贪污之风已开始蔓延至本港社会。

The mysterious sound made my flesh creep. 那神秘的声音吓得我毛骨悚然。

You slimy little creep! 你这个卑鄙无耻的奴才！

That creep always quarrels with his neighbors. 那个讨厌鬼老跟邻居吵架。

I felt the soil creep and heave beneath me, like some monstrous serpent. 我觉得大地在我下面起伏蠕动，象一条可怕的巨蟒。

creep的基本意思是“缓慢〔悄悄〕地行进”,隐含唯恐被人发现之意,也可指人或动物身体贴着地面“爬行,匍匐”,可用来比喻岁月、时间等慢慢流逝,数量、份额等逐渐爬升,错误、麻烦等偷偷出现,情绪、感觉等悄然涌上心头。