creek
英 [kriːk]
美 [kriːk]
n. 小海湾; 小港湾; 小河; 小溪
复数:creeks
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 - 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.- Follow Austin Creek for a few miles.
沿着奥斯汀河走上几英里。
- Follow Austin Creek for a few miles.
- 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)
- the creek dried up every summer
双语例句
- 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。 - When I got to Crow Creek, Magpie was not home. I talked to his wife Amelia.
我到鸭溪时,喜鹊没在家,我和他的妻子阿米莉亚谈了谈。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 was up the creek last month.
上个月我遭遇了险境。 - You can find different kinds of fish and calms in the creek.
你可以在小河中找到不同种类的鱼和蚌壳。 - 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。 - 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? - 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。