creep

/kriːp/

意味: 忍び寄り、いやなやつ

例文: ALX-9000 called glitter “a joyful creep.”
　　  ALX-9000はキラキラを「陽気な忍び寄り」と呼んだ。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: slow creep(ゆっくりした動き), creepy feeling(不気味な感じ), creep up(忍び寄る)

定義: ゆっくりと静かに動くことや、何かが不気味に感じることを指します。人や動物が音を立てずに近づくときや、何かがじわじわと進むときに使われます。また、気味が悪いと感じる状況や人にも使われることがあります。

creepは約100,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
Noun: a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
Noun: a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
Noun: a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
Verb: move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
Verb: to go stealthily or furtively
Verb: grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
Verb: show submission or fear

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The shadows seem to creep along the walls at dusk.(夕暮れ時、影が壁を這うように見える。)
I felt a creep of anxiety as the deadline approached.(締切が近づくにつれ、不安がじわじわと押し寄せてきた。)
In the stillness of night, I could hear a faint creep.(静かな夜に、かすかな這う音が聞こえた。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: a crawl was all that the injured man could manage
Noun: the traffic moved at a creep
Verb: The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed
Verb: ..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor’s house
Verb: ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): cower, crawl, crawling, creep, creeping, cringe, fawn, grovel, mouse, pussyfoot, sneak, spook, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): bend, change of location, diffuse, locomotion, pen, travel, unpleasant person, walk

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accompany, advance, aggravator, alienator, amble, ambulate, anathema, angle, arch, ascend, ascension, asshole, automobile, back, bang, beetle, betake oneself, billow, bore, bounce, brachiation, breeze, caravan, career, carry, circle, circuit, circulate, circulation, clump, cold fish, come, cow pen, crawl, creep, critic, crook, crouch, cruise, cunt, curl up, cynic, dance step, derail, descend, descent, do, double over, drag, draw, drive, ease, egotist, entrance, fall, fawn, ferry, float, flock, flounce, flow, fly, fold, follow, foot, forge, gait, get around, ghost, glide, go around, grabber, gravitation, grouch, hike, hiss, holding pen, hurtle, incubus, incurvate, island hop, jog, joker, kraal, lance, lap, lean, levitation, limp, lollop, lumber, lurch, mantle, march, mince, monster, oppressor, outflank, pace, paddock, pain, pan, pass, pass over, pawer, peasant, perambulate, percolate, pharisee, pill, pinfold, play, plow, prance, precede, precess, prima donna, proceed, progress, promenade, propagate, prowl, prude, pursue, push, raft, repair, retreat, retroflex, retrograde, return, ride, rise, rodeo, roll, rotter, round, run, rush, scoffer, scold, scramble, seek, selfish person, shuffle, shuttle, sift, ski, skulk, sleepwalk, slice into, slink, slither, slog, slouch, sneak, sneerer, snob, snorter, snowshoe, spacewalk, speed, spread, stagger, stalk, stampede, steamer, step, stomp, stray, stride, stroke, stroll, stumble, sty, swap, swash, swim, swing, tap, taxi, tiptoe, tittup, toddle, toe, trail, traipse, tram, tramp down, transfer, translation, travel, travel by, travel purposefully, travel rapidly, tread, trundle, turn, unpleasant woman, upstart, vulgarian, wade, walk, weave, wend, wheel, whine, whiner, whish, whisk, whistle, withdraw, worm, zigzag, zoom

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): formicate

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: coward, crawl, crawler, crawling, creep, creeper, creeping, creepy, fawner, groveler, groveller, sneak

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Holes

Movies(映画): Frozen, The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: negative