crawl

はいはいする、這う

手と膝をついて進んだり、体を地面に近づけて進んだりする。

やさしい英語で： To move on your hands and knees, or move with your body close to the ground.

• The baby is crawling.
• A spider crawled across the floor.
• We crawled through the narrow tunnel.

使い方： crawl under/through something (The child crawled under the table.); crawl on your hands and knees (We crawled on our hands and knees through the tunnel.)

類義語： creep

よく使う表現： crawl on something, crawl under something, crawl through something

のろのろ進む

とてもゆっくり動く。また、時間がなかなか進まないように感じられる。

やさしい英語で： To move or seem to pass very slowly.

• The traffic crawled along.
• Time crawled during the long wait.
• Our train crawled past the repair workers.

使い方： crawl along something (The cars crawled along the busy road.)

類義語： creep, inch

反対語： race

よく使う表現： crawl along, crawl past something, crawl forward

ぞっとする

恐怖や嫌悪で、皮膚の上を虫が這うような不快な感じがする。

やさしい英語で： If your skin does this, it feels as though insects are moving over it, often from fear or disgust.

• The story made my skin crawl.
• My skin crawled when I saw the insects.
• Even thinking about that room makes her skin crawl.

使い方： make someone’s skin crawl (The sound of his laugh made my skin crawl.)

よく使う表現： make skin crawl, skin begins to crawl

うじゃうじゃいる、あふれる

ある場所に、動き回る人や動物、虫がたくさんいる。

やさしい英語で： If a place is doing this, it is full of moving people, animals, or insects.

• The floor was crawling with ants.
• The beach is crawling with tourists.
• By noon, the street was crawling with reporters.

使い方： be crawling with someone/something (The kitchen was crawling with ants.)

類義語： swarm, teem

よく使う表現： crawl with something, crawl with insects, crawl with people

へつらう、媚びる

相手に気に入られたり助けてもらったりするため、誇りを捨てて機嫌を取る。

やさしい英語で： To behave without pride, trying too hard to please someone or get their help.

• Stop crawling to the boss.
• He came crawling back after losing his job.
• She refused to crawl before people with more power.

使い方： crawl to someone (He crawled to his boss to ask for another chance.); come crawling back to someone (She expected him to come crawling back to her.)

類義語： grovel, toady

よく使う表現： crawl to someone, crawl back, crawl before someone

這う、這い広がる

植物が茎や枝を伸ばし、表面に沿ってゆっくり広がる。

やさしい英語で： To grow slowly across a surface by sending out stems or branches.

• Ivy crawled up the wall.
• The vines crawl over the garden fence.
• Long stems had crawled along the edge of the roof.

使い方： crawl over/up/along something (Ivy crawled up the old stone wall.)

類義語： creep, trail

よく使う表現： crawl over something, crawl up something, crawl along something

のろのろした速度

移動や物事の進み方が、きわめてゆっくりであること。

やさしい英語で： A very slow speed of movement or progress.

• Traffic moved at a crawl.
• Work slowed to a crawl after lunch.
• The queue advanced at a crawl in the heat.

使い方： at a crawl (Traffic moved at a crawl.); slow to a crawl (The computer slowed to a crawl.)

類義語： snail’s pace

よく使う表現： at a crawl, slow to a crawl, reduce to a crawl, bring to a crawl

はいはい、這う動き

手と膝をついたり、体を地面に近づけたりして進む動き。

やさしい英語で： An act of moving on hands and knees or with the body close to the ground.

• The tunnel required a short crawl.
• His crawl through the mud left his clothes filthy.
• We practised a belly crawl under the ropes.

使い方： a crawl through something (It was a difficult crawl through the low tunnel.)

よく使う表現： crawl through something, crawl on something, belly crawl