creep

忍び寄る、忍び歩く

気づかれないように、ゆっくり静かに進む。

やさしい英語で： To move slowly and quietly, often to avoid being noticed.

• I crept into the room.
• Can you creep past the guard?
• She was creeping downstairs when the light came on.

使い方： creep up on someone (The cat crept up on the bird.)

類義語： sneak, tiptoe

よく使う表現： creep past someone, creep into something, creep up on someone

徐々に変わる、じわじわ上がる

時間とともに少しずつ変わったり、じわじわ増えたりする。

やさしい英語で： To change by small amounts over time.

• Prices creep up every year.
• The temperature crept higher during the afternoon.
• Costs have been creeping down lately.

類義語： drift

よく使う表現： creep up, creep higher, creep down

這う

体を地面に近づけて、ゆっくり進む。

やさしい英語で： To move slowly with the body close to the ground.

• A lizard crept across the sand.
• Snakes creep through the grass.
• We watched a beetle creep along the wall.

類義語： crawl

よく使う表現： creep along, creep across something

忍び込む、忍び寄る

ほとんど気づかれないほどゆっくり、または静かに入り込み、一部になる。

やさしい英語で： To enter or become part of something so slowly or quietly that people hardly notice.

• Doubt began to creep in.
• Errors crept into the final report.
• A feeling of loneliness crept up on him.

使い方： creep into something (Fear crept into her voice.); creep up on someone (Exhaustion crept up on me.)

類義語： slip in

よく使う表現： creep in, creep into something, creep up on someone

這う、伸び広がる

植物が地面や物の表面に沿って伸び広がる。

やさしい英語で： To grow along the ground or over a surface.

• Ivy creeps up the wall.
• The vine crept across the fence.
• These plants creep along the ground.

類義語： trail, spread

よく使う表現： creep up something, creep over something

ずれる

元の位置から少しずれること。

やさしい英語で： To shift slightly from the original position.

• The coating may creep during drying.
• The film crept slightly across the surface.
• We checked whether the rubber would creep under pressure.

類義語： shift, slip

よく使う表現： creep during drying, creep under pressure

気味の悪い人、嫌な奴

振る舞いで人を不快にさせたり怖がらせたりする人。

やさしい英語で： Someone whose behavior makes you feel uncomfortable or afraid.

• That man is a creep.
• Some creep kept following us.
• Why does she think he is such a creep?

類義語： weirdo

よく使う表現： a real creep, such a creep

漸増、徐々の変化

数値や測定した量がゆっくり変わること。特に増えること。

やさしい英語で： A slow change in a number or measured amount.

• Price creep reduced our savings.
• We noticed a slow creep in costs.
• The upward creep in temperature worried the researchers.

使い方： creep in something (There has been a gradual creep in prices.)

類義語： drift

よく使う表現： price creep, upward creep, creep in something