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creek

英 [kriːk]

美 [kriːk]

n.  小海湾; 小港湾; 小河; 小溪

复数:creeks 

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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
        1. 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.
            1. N-COUNT 小河;小溪
              Acreekis a small stream or river.
              1. Follow Austin Creek for a few miles.
                沿着奥斯汀河走上几英里。
            2. 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)
                1. the creek dried up every summer
                Synonym:brook

              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。