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

• I was up the creek last month.
  上个月我遭遇了险境。
• 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 man had fallen into the creek and had sprained his ankle.
  那人掉进了小溪，把脚踝扭伤了。
• 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！
• Their daughter Margaret died at sand creek.
  他们的女儿玛格丽特已经在桑德克里克死了。
• 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。
• 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。
• She drove the pigs down to the Creek for a bath.
  她把猪赶到小河里去洗澡。
• The other in Rock Creek park.
  另一个是在岩溪国家公园。
• 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。。