Creeper

(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.

卡特编辑

• 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. 雪莉.
• At length he came to a great tree, heavy laden with thick foliage and loaded with pendant loops of giant creepers. 埃德加·赖斯·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. 维莱特.
• The advance guard got his fore-creepers over the first ribbon safely, but as soon as they touched the parallel ribbon over he fell. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.

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