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crawl /krɔːl/► SEE ALLmake your flesh creep/crawla pub crawlmake your skin crawlcome/crawl out of the woodwork●make your ˈflesh creep/crawlmake you feel afraid or full of disgust (害怕或恶心地)起鸡皮疙瘩;使人毛骨悚然◆This is a movie to make your flesh creep.这是一部让你毛骨悚然的电影。◆The way he looked at me made my flesh crawl.他那样看着我,让我直起鸡皮疙瘩。●a ˈpub crawl (BrE, informal) a visit to several pubs, going straight from one to the next and drinking in each one 逐店饮酒;串酒吧◆We went on a pub crawl last night.昨晚我们一连进了好几家酒馆喝酒。●make your ˈskin crawlmake you feel afraid or full of disgust 使人毛骨悚然;让人起鸡皮疙瘩◆His smile made my skin crawl.他笑得让我直起鸡皮疙瘩。●come/crawl out of the ˈwoodwork (informal, disapproving) if you say that sb comes/crawls out of the woodwork, you mean that they have suddenly appeared in order to express an opinion or to take advantage of a situation (为表达观点或得到好处)突然露面,纷纷出笼◆When he won the lottery, all sorts of distant relatives came out of the woodwork.他博彩中奖后,八竿子打不着的亲戚都突然登门造访。 NOTE These idioms refer to the fact that insects or small animals, especially unpleasant ones, often hide in holes in wooden parts of a room or building. 这些习语原指昆虫或小动物(尤其是有害动物)通常躲进房间或大楼内木制结构中的事实。 |