creak

英 [kriːk]

美 [kriːk]

v.  嘎吱作响(开门或踩上木地板等时发出的声音)
n.  嘎吱声

过去式：creaked　现在分词：creaking　复数：creaks　第三人称单数：creaks　过去分词：creaked　

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Collins.1 / BNC.16400 / COCA.12483

习惯用语

v.

creak under the strain
• 因负担过重而效率低下；由于压力过大而运转不灵
  if a system or service creaks under the strain , it cannot deal effectively with all the things it is expected to do or provide

牛津词典

verb

• 嘎吱作响（开门或踩上木地板等时发出的声音）
  to make the sound that a door sometimes makes when you open it or that a wooden floor sometimes makes when you step on it
  1. She heard a floorboard creak upstairs.
     她听见楼上的地板发出嘎吱嘎吱的响声。
  2. a creaking bed/gate/stair
     嘎吱作响的床 / 大门 / 楼梯
  3. The table creaked and groaned under the weight.
     那张桌子在重压下嘎吱嘎吱作响。
  4. The door creaked open.
     门嘎吱一声开了。

noun

• 嘎吱声
  a sound, for example that sometimes made by a door when it opens or shuts, or by a wooden floor when you step on it
  1. the creak/creaking of the door
     门的嘎吱声
  2. Distant creaks and groans echoed eerily along the dark corridors.
     远处嘎吱嘎吱的声音回响在漆黑的走廊里，怪可怕的。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 嘎吱作响
  If somethingcreaks, it makes a short, high-pitched sound when it moves.
  1. The bed-springs creaked...
     床垫的弹簧嘎吱作响。
  2. The steps creaked beneath his feet...
     楼梯在他脚下嘎吱作响。
  3. The door creaked open...
     门嘎吱一声开了。
  4. ...the creaking stairs.
     嘎吱作响的楼梯
  5. Creakis also a noun.
     
  6. The door was pulled open with a creak.
     门嘎吱一声被拉开了。

英英释义

noun

• a squeaking sound
  1. the creak of the floorboards gave him away
  Synonym:creaking

verb

• make a high-pitched, screeching noise
  1. The door creaked when I opened it slowly
  2. My car engine makes a whining noise
  Synonym:whinesqueakscreechscreakskreak

双语例句

• Now, three hours later, he was almost finished when suddenly, he heard a loud creak.
  3个小时以后，就在活儿快要干完的时候，他突然听到嘎的一声巨响。
• US households and businesses already creak under the weight of their debts.
  美国家庭和企业已经不堪债务重负。
• The steps creaked beneath his feet
  楼梯在他脚下嘎吱作响。
• A wind was springing up outside, making the tall old trees in the garden creak their leafless boughs.
  户外正起风，刮得园子里几棵高高的老树光秃秃的枝桠嘎啦啦响。
• Over the past year a co-operative world order built around trade and the rule of law has begun to creak and strain.
  过去一年里，围绕贸易和法治建立的全球合作秩序开始变得不稳定和紧张。
• Tsai Chen stretched, then turned and threw herself heavily on the bed again, making it creak noisily.
  蔡真伸一个懒腰，转身就又倒在床上，那床架震得很响。
• But after some time, I found the drafts make moaning noises more than peaceful whistles, the floorboards creak an irritating, and rather unnerving sound, and the cozy little walls to be suffocating.
  过了一段时间，我发现那冷风发出的声音远不是口哨般宁静，而是一种类似于呻吟的噪声。地板吱吱作响，发出让人恼怒不知所措的声音。
• The bed-springs creaked
  床垫的弹簧嘎吱作响。
• Suddenly he heard the door creak and saw his brother enter.
  突然他听到门“吱”地一声开了，他弟弟走了进来。
• The folded doors creak open, and a six-year-old boy hops off, followed by his mom.
  折叠门在辗轧声中打开，一个六岁的男孩跳着走了下来，接着是他的妈妈。