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

• One evening, crossing a small creek, he pulled the car off the road.
  一天傍晚，他驶过一条小溪后把车停在了路边。
• The rubbish had dammed up the creek so that it had overflowed.
  垃圾堵塞了河流，致使溪水外溢。
• 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。
• Spent the night at Rock Creek park.
  在岩溪国家公园过了一夜。
• 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。
• 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 can hardly believe it's been over eight years since you used to go camping at Cedar Creek
  我几乎无法相信现在距离你过去常常去松溪露营的日子已经有8年多了。
• I used to go down to the creek and play with frogs.
  我过去常常到小溪里和青蛙玩。
• 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。
• 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。