| 词组 | creep up on |
| 释义 | Phr V creep up on creeps, creeping, crept creep up on sb to move closer to someone, usually from behind, without being seen by themHe followed her down a dark alley and crept up on her.Don't creep up on me like that - you made me jump! if a feeling or state creeps up on someone, they start to experience it so gradually that they are not aware of itYou don't even realise that you're getting older - it just creeps up on you.The worst thing about stress is how it creeps up on people. if a date or an event creeps up on someone, it seems to come or happen sooner than they were expectingSomehow the deadline crept up on me. creep up on (someone or something)1. To approach someone or something slowly and often stealthily. I crept up on my brother from behind and startled him. 2. To encroach (upon one or something) gradually over time. It wasn't until I sat down that I realized how much exhaustion had crept up on me. The weeds have been really creeping up on the edge of the yard over the last few years. creep up on someone or somethingto sneak up on someone or something. Please don't creep up on me like that. You scared me to death. The cat crept up on the mouse. *the creeps and *the willies a state of anxiety or uneasiness. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) I get the creeps when I see that old house. I really had the willies when I went down into the dark basement. creep up onAdvance slowly or stealthily, as in The cat crept up on the bird, or Autumn is creeping up on us. This expression is recorded in slightly different form- creep in or creep on -from the 15th century on. One of the Hymns to the Virgin and Christ (c. 1430) has "Now age has cropen [crept] up on me ful stille." |
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