creek

英 [kriːk]

美 [kriːk]

n.  小海湾; 小港湾; 小河; 小溪

复数：creeks　

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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.
  1. Follow Austin Creek for a few miles.
     沿着奥斯汀河走上几英里。
• 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

• There is a creek behind the house in summer, I often go swimming in the creek.
  屋子后面有一条小溪，夏天我常常到小溪中去游泳。
• She drove the pigs down to the Creek for a bath.
  她把猪赶到小河里去洗澡。
• 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。
• The creek looked like a shoelace, the trees looked like green toothbrushes.
  小河看起来和鞋带差不多，数目看起来就像绿色的牙刷。
• 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。
• We saw one of them trying to wade across a creek.
  我们看见他们中有一个人试图涉水过一条小溪。
• 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。
• Where is the crane standing in the creek I can't see it.
  站在溪流中的鹤在哪里我看不到！
• It was still light when we arrived at Lalong Creek
  我们到达拉隆溪时天还没黑。
• They follow Little Coal Creek Trail through alpine meadows overlooking a river bright with glacial silt.
  他们沿着小煤溪的小径，穿过了高山草甸，俯瞰着一条充塞着冰川泥沙的晶莹透亮的河流。