becreepとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• 韻: -iːp

動詞

becreep (三人称単数 現在形 becreeps, 現在分詞 becreeping, 過去形および過去分詞形 becrept)

1. (transitive) To creep up on; stalk
   • 1838, Sir James Edward Alexander, An Expedition of Discovery Into the Interior of Africa:

     But they, seeing that there was not sufficient cover for them to “becreep” the rhinoceros with safety, allowed Robert to go on alone.

   • 2008, Richard Sampson, White Induna, page 33:

     “Two o'clock am a troop of buffaloes came to drink at our pool and one of my boys, whose leg had been broken last year by an elephant, becrept them and shot one which turned out to be in good condition. […] "

   • 2010, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, page 276:

     Or malachite in green coprolitic stools like small stone turds becrept a brassy green.

   • 2015, Bryden, Henry, The Gold Kloof:

     "Ja, baas," he said; "I shall becreep them. […] "