英:[kri:k]
美:[krik]
英:[kri:k]
美:[krik]
复数:creaks
第三人称单数:creaks
现在分词:creaking
过去式:creaked
过去分词:creaked
词根:creak
adj.creaky 发辗的;老朽的;叽叽嘎嘎的
intransitive verb
to make, or move with, a grating or squeaking noise, as a chair under the stress of a person's weight.We heard the old stairs creak as she tried to sneak up to her room.Her bones creak when the weather is cold and damp.The chair creaked when he sat down on it.
transitive verb
to cause to emit a grating or squeaking sound.He creaked the old door open.
noun
a grating or squeaking sound, as of unlubricated machinery parts rubbing against each other.We heard the creak of the old water pump.
14世纪初, creken,“发出刺耳的叫声”,源于模拟。与古英语 cræccettan “嘎嘎叫”相比。自1580年代起用于生锈的门铰链、木地板和老化的骨头发出的声音。相关: Creaked; creaking。作为名词,自1600年代起,“尖锐、刺耳、刺耳的声音”。
Verb Middle English creken to croak, of imitative origin
The first known use of creak was in 1583
creakyadjective
making or likely to make a creaking sound
creakverb
to make a long scraping or squeaking soundalso: to go slowly with or as if with creaking wheels
1 He got down on one knee with much effort, grunting and puffing, the seams of his pants creaking like ship riggings.
2 At last they reached the entrance hall, slid back the lock on the oak front doors, squeezed between them, trying to stop any creaking, and stepped out into the moonlit grounds.
3 The door creaked open to reveal a small hallway flanked by portraits.
4 The same kind of creaking noise his swing set used to make.
5 Eventually I heard the bed creak as he reached it, and when I carried in his food, he was sitting there surrounded by his diagrams.
6 Above them, the branches of the oak tree were beginning to creak and sway.
7 The door opened with a creak.
那扇门嘎地一声开了。
8 “The woods aren’t magic, but they still speak: the branches rasping in winter, and the rustling wind. I like the creaking leaves and the birds scuttling their wings.”
9 The bus door swings open on hinges that creak and groan.
10 We mounted the stairs gently, trying not to creak them under our feet.
11 It creaked on its hinges, and I could smell the disinfectant Father had used to clean out the stable that morning.
12 The iron cage moved downward at the end of its long chain, creaking and rattling, until it finally jerked to a halt a foot above the ground at the base of the Wall.
13 Two large limbs being rubbed together by the strong wind made a grinding creaking sound.
14 The creak of the pulley and the low, strained groan of the rope tore at my nerves.
15 And how at night the bush crickets had sounded like creaking stars and amplified the fear and gloom that hung over the Ayemenem House.
16 Falling asleep and waking up with a start when my mother tries to creak the door open to make sure I’m, you know, not dead.
17 Ruth stood on a box looking out of a porthole, counting seagulls and waves in a whisper that could barely be heard over the creaking of the hull.
18 The door has barely creaked open when Grandma says, “Where in the world y’all been?”
19 I hear something creak above us, and we all stop moving.
20 I scanned the framed photographs on the walls, the old wooden floorboards creaking under my feet.