creeks

英 [kriːks]

美 [kriks]

n.  小海湾; 小港湾; 小河; 小溪
creek的复数

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.

双语例句

• Use water from mountain creeks, original taste and no spices.
  全部使用山泉水，原汁原味无放任何调味料。
• In kayaking, a lightweight strategy born on southeastern steep creeks saved me time so I could paddle longer rivers and have more fun without compromising safety.
  在漂流过程中，使用一种起源于东南部湍急河流的轻量级策略，为我节省了时间，使我可以划得更远，玩得更开心，而无需过多考虑安全问题。
• They are commonly found in lakes, rivers, creeks, hot springs and other bodies of water.
  它们通常存在于湖泊、河流、小溪、温泉及其它水域中。
• Researchers studied three populations of Mexican tetra in the lab. Fish that live in creeks or rivers have two eyes and see just fine.
  研究人员在实验室研究了三种墨西哥丽脂鲤种群。在溪里或河里生活的鱼有两只眼睛，视力良好。
• There are no creeks around here, not for miles.
  这附近方圆几哩都没小河。
• "There was heavy rain and creeks were flooded with torrents of water, which made them difficult to cross," Pa-an district KNU chairman Pado Saw Aung Maw Aye told Mizzima.
  “大雨中小溪山洪汹涌而下，缅军携带重装备，使他们难以行进”帕安地区克伦民族联盟主席巴多梭昂茂诶称。
• Cattle and sheep drink at creeks, monkeys revel on rocks.
  涧边牛羊饮，石上野猿狂。
• Property boundaries at this time were not marked out with iron rods or stakes in a standard fashion, but rather designated by natural objects such as rocks, trees and creeks.
  那时，地产边界不是用标准的铁棍或木桩来做标志，而是用象岩石、木和小溪等自然物来界定。
• The grades are gentle and, like drainages, the routes often go under or over barriers such as highways, creeks, steep hills or other obstructions.
  类似下水管道，铁路线的坡度平缓，经常从地下穿过或从高空越过高速公路、溪流、险山和其他障碍物。
• Lonely creeks are opal in the dawn, sword-blue in the sun, grayly silver under misty moons.
  偏僻的小溪黎明的时候是乳白色的，阳光下是剑蓝色，朦胧的月色下则呈银灰色。