crawl學測 L3KK [ˈkrɔl] ｜ /ˈkrɔl/
爬行；匍匐前進·（車輛）緩慢行進·卑躬屈膝；俯首帖耳·毛骨悚然；起雞皮疙瘩
字義多但意象統一，常考易混詞
The soldier had to crawl under the fence without making a sound.
士兵必須貼著地面爬過圍籬，不發出聲音。
一個畫面：貼地爬行
嬰兒爬行手腳並用，貼地前進
車陣龜速車流像爬行一樣幾乎不動
卑躬屈膝刻意放低姿態討好對方
毛骨悚然像有蟲子爬過皮膚的感覺
義項
嬰兒爬行B2verb爬行；匍匐前進
The baby crawled across the floor to reach her toy.
寶寶爬過地板去拿她的玩具。
crawl across the floorbegin to crawl
車陣龜速C1verb（車輛）緩慢行進
Cars crawled slowly near the busy night market.
車子在熱鬧的夜市附近龜速前進。
traffic crawlscrawl along the road
卑躬討好B2verb卑躬屈膝；俯首帖耳
He crawled to his boss just to keep his job.
他為了保住工作，對老闆卑躬屈膝。
crawl to the boss
毛骨悚然C1verb毛骨悚然；起雞皮疙瘩
The horror movie made his skin crawl.
那部恐怖片讓他毛骨悚然。
make your skin crawl
片語
be crawling with擠滿密布 →到處都是，擠滿了
make one's skin crawl毛骨悚然 →讓人起雞皮疙瘩
crawl to sb低頭討好 →向人卑躬屈膝
the traffic crawls車陣龜速 →車流像爬一樣慢
你會不會這樣說？
'He crawled to his boss just to keep his job.' 這裡的 crawl 最接近哪個意思？(A) 用手腳爬 (B) 卑躬屈膝討好 (C) 車速緩慢
看答案
(B)
此句形容討好上司的行為，對應「卑躬屈膝」義項，而非字面爬行。
The horror movie made his skin ___, though he never physically moved an inch. (crawl / walk)
看答案
crawl
make one's skin crawl 是慣用語，指毛骨悚然，並非真的爬行。
字族
crawler 爬行的人；網路爬蟲程式・crawling 爬行的；爬滿的（形容詞用法）