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

• He was transferred to Shoal Creek Mental Institution for an indefinite period
  他被转到了肖尔溪精神病院，要在那里无限期地呆下去。
• She found out and I'm up shit creek.
  现在老婆发现了，我现在惨了。
• We saw one of them trying to wade across a creek.
  我们看见他们中有一个人试图涉水过一条小溪。
• It was still light when we arrived at Lalong Creek
  我们到达拉隆溪时天还没黑。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• I was up the creek last month.
  上个月我遭遇了险境。
• They follow Little Coal Creek Trail through alpine meadows overlooking a river bright with glacial silt.
  他们沿着小煤溪的小径，穿过了高山草甸，俯瞰着一条充塞着冰川泥沙的晶莹透亮的河流。
• "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。