“creepy”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

creepy

释义

creepy, a.|ˈkriːpɪ|
[f. creep v. or n. + -y.]
1. Characterized by creeping or moving slowly.
1794Sullivan View Nat. II. 95 It is a creepy fluid.1860All Year Round No. 49. 538 She is rarely still, though I am bound to say she is creepy gentleness itself.1889J. Abercrombie E. Caucasus 180 An artistically embroidered coverlet tenanted..by countless swarms of creepy insects.
2. Having a creeping of the flesh, or chill shuddering feeling, caused by horror or repugnance.
1831Cat's Tail 30, I feel somehow quite creepy at the thought of what's coming.1863Ld. Lytton Ring Amasis II. 38 There comes over him, all at once, a sort of cold, creepy shudder.1882Macm. Mag. 444 To confess that he has felt ‘creepy’ on account of certain inexplicable sounds.
b. transf. Tending to produce such sensations.
1883G. Lloyd Ebb & Flow II. 236 The whole place seemed lonely, and, as Mildred whispered to Pauline, ‘creepy’.1892Spectator 2 Apr. 470/1 A really effective romance of the creepy order.

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