creek
英 [kriːk]
美 [kriːk]
n. 小海湾; 小港湾; 小河; 小溪
复数:creeks
Collins.1 / BNC.11888 / COCA.4931
习惯用语
n.
- up the creek (without a paddle)
- 处于困境(或窘境)
in a difficult or bad situation - I was really up the creek without my car.
离了我那辆汽车真是不方便。
牛津词典
noun
- 小海湾;小港湾
a narrow area of water where the sea flows into the land - 小河;小溪
a small river or stream
柯林斯词典
- 小海湾;小港湾
Acreekis a narrow place where the sea comes a long way into the land. - N-COUNT 小河;小溪
Acreekis a small stream or river.- Follow Austin Creek for a few miles.
沿着奥斯汀河走上几英里。
- Follow Austin Creek for a few miles.
- 处于困境(或窘境);犯错误
If someone isup the creek, they are in a bad or difficult situation, or are wrong in some way. You can also say that someone isup the creek without a paddle.
英英释义
noun
- a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
- the creek dried up every summer
双语例句
- The man had fallen into the creek and had sprained his ankle.
那人掉进了小溪,把脚踝扭伤了。 - He was transferred to Shoal Creek Mental Institution for an indefinite period
他被转到了肖尔溪精神病院,要在那里无限期地呆下去。 - They build dams that cause the creek to flood.
人们建造了拦堤坝,导致小溪里的水泛滥成灾。 - So our plan to catchthe Mill Creek killer was ruinedby the hollow man?
所以我们抓磨溪杀手的计划被空心人给搅了? - They'll spend some time floating boats in the creek.
他们打算花些时间在溪流里放船模。。 - I was up the creek last month.
上个月我遭遇了险境。 - They used to take off their clothes and go skinny dipping in the creek.
他们以前常常脱了衣服在小河里裸泳。 - I'll be up the creek if I don't pass this history test.
我若不能通过这次历史考试,麻烦可就大了。 - I took the young Irish setter for a walk up the road and along a frozen creek.
我带着我那条幼小的爱尔兰犬猎犬,沿着大路和一条冰冻的小溪散步。 - Marine plants and animals were dying, and the water in one creek had turned black.
水生动植物不断地死亡,而且有一条小河中的水已经变黑了。