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
- Oh my god, she fell in that creek.
天哪,她掉到河里了。哦,没有哦。撑住。我回来了。 - 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。 - Spent the night at Rock Creek park.
在岩溪国家公园过了一夜。 - She found out and I'm up shit creek.
现在老婆发现了,我现在惨了。 - "We would be neglecting our people's best interests if we opposed Otter Creek," he said.
“我们将是忽视我们的人民的最佳利益,如果我们反对水獭溪,”他说。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 rubbish had dammed up the creek so that it had overflowed.
垃圾堵塞了河流,致使溪水外溢。 - I was up the creek last month.
上个月我遭遇了险境。