creak

英 [kriːk]

美 [kriːk]

v.  嘎吱作响(开门或踩上木地板等时发出的声音)
n.  嘎吱声

过去式：creaked　现在分词：creaking　复数：creaks　第三人称单数：creaks　过去分词：creaked　

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Collins.1 / BNC.16400 / COCA.12483

习惯用语

v.

creak under the strain
• 因负担过重而效率低下；由于压力过大而运转不灵
  if a system or service creaks under the strain , it cannot deal effectively with all the things it is expected to do or provide

牛津词典

verb

• 嘎吱作响（开门或踩上木地板等时发出的声音）
  to make the sound that a door sometimes makes when you open it or that a wooden floor sometimes makes when you step on it
  1. She heard a floorboard creak upstairs.
     她听见楼上的地板发出嘎吱嘎吱的响声。
  2. a creaking bed/gate/stair
     嘎吱作响的床 / 大门 / 楼梯
  3. The table creaked and groaned under the weight.
     那张桌子在重压下嘎吱嘎吱作响。
  4. The door creaked open.
     门嘎吱一声开了。

noun

• 嘎吱声
  a sound, for example that sometimes made by a door when it opens or shuts, or by a wooden floor when you step on it
  1. the creak/creaking of the door
     门的嘎吱声
  2. Distant creaks and groans echoed eerily along the dark corridors.
     远处嘎吱嘎吱的声音回响在漆黑的走廊里，怪可怕的。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 嘎吱作响
  If somethingcreaks, it makes a short, high-pitched sound when it moves.
  1. The bed-springs creaked...
     床垫的弹簧嘎吱作响。
  2. The steps creaked beneath his feet...
     楼梯在他脚下嘎吱作响。
  3. The door creaked open...
     门嘎吱一声开了。
  4. ...the creaking stairs.
     嘎吱作响的楼梯
  5. Creakis also a noun.
     
  6. The door was pulled open with a creak.
     门嘎吱一声被拉开了。

英英释义

noun

• a squeaking sound
  1. the creak of the floorboards gave him away
  Synonym:creaking

verb

• make a high-pitched, screeching noise
  1. The door creaked when I opened it slowly
  2. My car engine makes a whining noise
  Synonym:whinesqueakscreechscreakskreak

双语例句

• Over the past year a co-operative world order built around trade and the rule of law has begun to creak and strain.
  过去一年里，围绕贸易和法治建立的全球合作秩序开始变得不稳定和紧张。
• She heard the bamboo door creak and looked round-her daughter's head, all bloody, was rolling across the floor towards her bed!
  她又听得竹门响，她又看见女儿的头血淋淋地滚到竹榻边！
• And, when a house is settling, your floor boards will creak eerily.
  家中的地板也有可能发出诡异的吱嘎声。
• The bamboo door gave a muffled creak.
  竹门轻轻地呀了一声。
• The first creak of the oak startled him like an electric shock! The light leaped from his hold to a distance of some feet, and his agitation was so extreme, that he could hardly pick it up.
  那橡木门第一声轧的一响吓得他像是触电一样：手里的蜡烛跳出来有几尺远，他激动得这么厉害，以至于他连拾也拾不起来。
• Each creak of the house made my heart stand still.
  屋子里一出现吱吱嘎嘎的声音就会叫我的心脏静止。
• The folded doors creak open, and a six-year-old boy hops off, followed by his mom.
  折叠门在辗轧声中打开，一个六岁的男孩跳着走了下来，接着是他的妈妈。
• US households and businesses already creak under the weight of their debts.
  美国家庭和企业已经不堪债务重负。
• The floorboards creak when you walk on them.
  地板在你的脚下吱吱作响。
• The door creaked open
  门嘎吱一声开了。