English Dictionary

crawl

IPA（発音記号）

/kɹɔːɫ/

名詞

比喩的用法

The act of moving slowly on hands and knees, etc. / The act of sequentially visiting a series of similar establishments (i.e., a bar crawl).

日本語の意味

手と膝を使ってゆっくりと移動する行為 / 酒場など複数の同種の施設を順に訪問する行為

The toddler's first crawl across the living room thrilled his parents.

幼児がリビングを初めてはいはいしたことに両親は大喜びした。

意味（1）

The act of moving slowly on hands and knees, etc.

意味（2）

The act of sequentially visiting a series of similar establishments (i.e., a bar crawl).

意味（3）

A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.

意味（4）

(figuratively) A very slow pace.

My computer has slowed down to a crawl since I installed that software package.

意味（5）

(television, film) A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.

The opening crawl (and a stirring propaganda movie) informs us that “The Hunger Games” are an annual event in Panem, a North American nation divided into 12 different districts, each in service to the Capitol, a wealthy metropolis that owes its creature comforts to an oppressive dictatorship.

crawls （ plural ）