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A creeper is a plant that does not stand up on its own like a tree. It grows along the ground, or it climbs a wall, a fence, or a tree, holding on as it goes. Ivy is a typical creeper.
A creeper is a plantcreeper是一種植物 that does not stand up on its own like a tree不會像樹一樣自己直立起來 It grows along the ground它會沿著地面生長 or it climbs a wall, a fence, or a tree或是攀著牆、籬笆，或樹往上爬 holding on as it goes一邊爬一邊抓住東西 Ivy is a typical creeper常春藤就是典型的creeper
use the word in a calm, ordinary way; over years the plant can cover a whole wall.
Gardeners use the word in a calm, ordinary way園丁用這個字時很平常、很淡定 over years the plant can cover a whole wall經過好幾年，這種植物可以爬滿整面牆
Though actually, English also uses creeper for a person who walks up quietly, and in casual talk for someone who makes you — that is not the garden meaning. “Virginia creeper” is one well-known climbing plant, often grown for leaves that turn red. When the sentence is about green things on walls or on the ground, you are in the plant sense.
Though actually不過事實上 English also uses creeper for a person who walks up quietly英文也會用creeper形容一個悄悄靠近的人 and in casual talk for someone who makes you uneasy在口語裡也形容讓你覺得不自在的人 that is not the garden meaning那不是園藝上的意思 'Virginia creeper''Virginia creeper'（美國爬牆虎） is one well-known climbing plant是一種有名的攀緣植物 often grown for leaves that turn red常常因為葉子會變紅而被種植 When the sentence is about green things on walls or on the ground當句子講的是牆上或地上的綠色植物 you are in the plant sense就是植物的意思
原始詞典資料18 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
creepernoun/ˈkɹipɚ/
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A person or a thing that crawls or creeps.
- Standing Waters[…] are most unwholesome, putrified, and full of mites, creepers, slimy, muddy, uncleane, corrupt, impure, by reason of the Suns heat, and still standing;
- With his presence marked by shots of children’s toys overlaid with ominous music, Z is more of a creeper than a reaper—until a shocking, sudden moment midway through the film.
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Any creeping animal (such as a serpent), reptile.
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A one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.
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A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position.
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A metal plate with spikes, designed to be worn with shoes to prevent slipping.
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A spur-like device strapped to the boot to facilitate climbing.
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A small low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
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An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dredging up items from a well or other water.
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Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, such as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.
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Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping, especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus.
- Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.
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A treecreeper.
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Strophitus undulatus, a freshwater mussel of the eastern United States.
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nauticaltransportA small four-hooked grapnel used to recover objects dropped onto the sea bed.
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The lowest gear of some tractors or trucks: one with so low a gear ratio that the vehicle creeps along at the speed of a human's slow walk.
- Throwing it in creeper and then getting out to work alongside is strictly forbidden because it is too dangerous if anything goes wrong.
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A low-profile wheeled platform whereupon one may lie on one's back and gain better access to the roof of a space with very low height (such as the underbody of a vehicle), or a low stool similarly wheeled.
- If my phone rings while I'm on a creeper underneath the car with oil on my hands, well, the caller will just have to leave a voicemail.
- "Yeah." It was him, alright; if the world's weariest pair of workboots hadn't tipped her off, his world-weary voice certainly would have. "Where were you?" "My quarters. We've got a full ticket set today, and techs work best without oversight." Neither of these things was untrue, though the curation was more than a little dishonest. "Maybe yours do." Nascimbeni rolled out, back flat against a neon orange creeper, and sat up with an audible wince. "Mine fuck the dog."
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derogatoryslangA person who creeps people out; a creepy person.
- Don't go to a nightclub to find a boyfriend. They're all creepers there.
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A kind of shoe, usually with a suede upper and a thick crepe sole, associated with various 20th-century subcultures.
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ball-gamescricketgamesA ball that travels low, near ground level.
- May joined Hutton and proceeded to play masterly cricket in which the straight-drive predominated. There was always the possibility that he might be trapped by a creeper, but May watched the ball intently.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。