牛津高阶英汉双解词典-txt
creep => flesh.
★creep
n 1 (infml derog 口, 贬) person who tries to win sb's favour by always agreeing with him, doing things for him, etc 溜须拍马的人. 2 (idm 习语) give sb the `creeps (infml 口) (a) (of fear or horror) cause an unpleasant sensation in the skin, as if things are creeping over it （指恐惧或憎恶）毛骨悚然, 汗毛直竖, 起鸡皮疙瘩. (b) make sb feel extreme dislike; repel sb 使某人厌恶或反感: I don't like him: he gives me the creeps. 我不喜欢他, 他这人很讨厌.
★creeping
adj [attrib 作定语] (of sth bad) gradual （指坏事）逐渐发展的, 日趋严重的: The disease results in creeping paralysis. 这种病可发展成脊髓痨. * creeping inflation in the housing market 房产价格的不断上涨.
★creeper
/ 5kri:pE(r); `kripL/ n plant that grows along the ground, up walls, etc, often winding itself round other plants 匍匐植物; 攀援植物.
★creepy
/ 5kri:pI; `kripI/ adj (-ier, -iest) (infml 口) 1 causing or having an unpleasant feeling of fear or horror 令人毛骨悚然的; 不寒而栗的: a creepy ghost story 令人毛骨悚然的鬼故事 * a sight that makes you feel creepy 使人不寒而栗的情景. 2 disturbingly strange 怪异的; 离奇的: That was a really creepy coincidence. 那样的巧合实在太离奇了.
★creepy-crawly
/ 9kri:pI5krR:lI; 9kripI`krRlI/ n (infml esp joc 口, 尤作戏谑语) insect, spider, etc thought of as unpleasant or frightening （使人厌恶或使人害怕的）昆虫、 蜘蛛等.
★cremate
/ krI5meIt; `krimet/ v [Tn] burn (a dead body) to ashes, esp ceremonially at a funeral 火化（尸体）; （尤指）火葬: He wants to be cremated, not buried. 他要火葬, 不要土葬.
★cremation
/ krI5meIFn; krI`meFEn/ n [C, U] (act of) cremating 火化; 火葬.
★crematorium
/ 9kremE5tR:rIEm; 9krZmE`tRrIEm/ n (pl ~s or -oria / -R:rIE; -RrIE/) (also esp US crematory) / 5kremEtErI; US -tR:rI; `krimE9tRrI/ building in which bodies are cremated 火葬场.
★creme de la creme
/ 9krem dE lB: 5krem; 9krZmdEla`krZm/ n the creme de la creme (French 法) = cream 4.
★creme de menthe
/ 9krem dE 5mCnW; krZmdE`mZnW/ n [U, C] (French 法) sweet thick green liqueur flavoured with peppermint 薄荷甜酒.
★crenellated (US -elated)
/ 5krenEleItId; `krZnl9etId/ adj having battlements 有雉堞的: a crenellated castle/wall 有雉堞的城堡[墙]. =>illus at castle 见castle之插图.
★creole
/ 5kri:EUl; `kriol/ n 1 [C, U] language formed by a blending of two other languages, and used as the main language in the community in which it is spoken 混合语（由不同语言混合而成, 用作某群体的主要语言）. Cf 参看 pidgin. 2 (usu 通常作 Creole) [C] (a) descendant (either dire
ct or of mixed European and African descent) of the original European settlers in the West Indies or Spanish America （西印度群岛的或通用西班牙语的美洲国家的）克里奥尔人（