up the creek如何读

英:[ʌp ðə kri:k]

美:[ʌp ði krik]

up the creek是什么意思

  • 释义

    处于困境;

  • up the creek英英释义

    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.

    up the creek词源英文解释

    Noun (1) Middle English crike, creke, from Old Norse -kriki bend

    The first known use of creek was in the 13th century

    up the creek儿童词典英英释义

    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

    up the creek 例句

    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.

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