creep /kri:p/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
• (n.) a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
• (n.) a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot

Chinese translation

• n. 爬, 徐行, 蠕动
• vi. 爬, 蔓延, 潜行

Word details

Part of speech

verb / noun

Pronunciation

/kri:p/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 3.84 · Super Rare

Word forms

crept, creeping, creeps

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creek · creed

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