英:[ʌp ðə kri:k]
美:[ʌp ði krik]
英:[ʌp ðə kri:k]
美:[ʌp ði krik]
处于困境;
noun (1)
a natural stream of water normally smaller than and often tributary to a river
chiefly British a small inlet or bay narrower and extending farther inland than a cove
archaic a narrow or winding passage
noun (2)
plural Creek or Creeks a member of any of a group of Indigenous American peoples that formed a confederacy in Georgia and eastern Alabama in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and that were forcibly removed to Indian Territory in 1836 to 1840
plural Creek or Creeks a member of the people who comprised the nucleus of the Creek confederacy : muscogee sense 1
the Muskogean language of this people : muscogee sense 2Note:Creek is the name by which the Muscogee people were known to English settlers prior to their forcible removal to Indian Territory. Present-day members of this nation live under the name Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
Noun (1) Middle English crike, creke, from Old Norse -kriki bend
The first known use of creek was in the 13th century
vacuum cleanernoun
an electrical appliance for cleaning (as floors or rugs) by suction
creek1 of 2noun
chiefly British a small narrow inlet or bay
a stream of water usually smaller than a river
Creek2 of 2noun
a member of an Indigenous people originally of Alabama, Georgia, and Floridaalso: their language
1 The children waded in the creek.
2 The coast is dotted with tiny creeks.
3 Smallmouth can be found in everything from small creeks to mighty rivers, to neighborhood lakes, to vast impoundments.
4 Inline spinners like Rooster Tails are also among the best bass lures for creeks.
5 We should help the friends in trouble.
我们应该帮助处于困境的朋友。
6 With their food gone, the survivors were up a creek without a paddle.
失去了食物的幸存者正处于困境之中。
7 Factory waste has smelled up the creek.
工厂的废物使这条小河臭气熏天.
8 If I don't find a job soon, we'll be up the creek.
如果我不能马上找到工作, 我们将会陷入十分窘迫的境地.
9 If Mom catches you smoking in the house, you up the creek.
如果你在家里抽烟让妈妈逮到, 你就惨了.
10 It looks like we're up the creek without a paddle.
看起来我们落人了极为因窘的境地.
11 Morley: Darn! Guess I'm up the creek without a paddle now.
莫理: 该死! 我现在是巧妇难为无米之炊了.
12 I was really up the creek when I lost my keys.
我丢掉钥匙之后,真正遇到了麻烦.
13 His driving's up the creek.
他的驾驶技术很差劲.
2 错误
off wrong false incorrect improper inaccurate bum erroneous amiss errant erring wrongheaded awry improperly falsely mistakenly wrongly erroneously wrongfully error hole mistake slip fault inaccuracy goof boggle impropriety slip-up wrongness clinker brodie inadvertence screwup slipup be in the wrong by misadventure off beam in error off the track
3 遇到麻烦
4 很坏
5 在窘境中
6 错误的
off wrong false incorrect improper inaccurate bum erroneous amiss errant erring wrongheaded awry
8 发疯
mental crazy frantic loony witless mad flip madden craze out of skull out of wits flip lid go out of head take leave of senses off chump off rocker round the bend off head go up the wall
9 处于困境
beleaguered be in difficulties be in difficulty be in a pickle be in a pretty pickle be in a right pickle be in a hole be in a tight corner on the ropes in the hot seat hurt in a tight spot in a pickle tread a fine line tread a thin line walk a thin line up the creek without a paddle in a hole in a spot walk a fine line
10 错
11 错的
12 口 处于困境