Creeper
['kriːpə] or ['kripɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet.
(noun.) any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping.
卡特編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing.
(n.) A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia).
(n.) A small bird of the genus Certhia, allied to the wrens. The brown or common European creeper is C. familiaris, a variety of which (var. Americana) inhabits America; -- called also tree creeper and creeptree. The American black and white creeper is Mniotilta varia.
(n.) A kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe to prevent one from slipping.
(n.) A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often telegraph creepers.
(n.) A small, low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
(n.) An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at the bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and bringing up what may lie there.
(n.) Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.
(n.) Crockets. See Crocket.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Once on such an occasion Caroline had said to him, looking up from the luxuriant creeper she was binding to its frame, Ah! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- At length he came to a great tree, heavy laden with thick foliage and loaded with pendant loops of giant creepers. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- I knew there was such a hollow, hidden partly by ivy and creepers growing thick round; and there I meditated hiding my treasure. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The advance guard got his fore-creepers over the first ribbon safely, but as soon as they touched the parallel ribbon over he fell. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
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