creak
verb /kriːk/
/kriːk/
[intransitive]动词形式
Idioms present simple I / you / we / they creak | /kriːk/ /kriːk/ |
he / she / it creaks | /kriːks/ /kriːks/ |
past simple creaked | /kriːkt/ /kriːkt/ |
past participle creaked | /kriːkt/ /kriːkt/ |
-ing form creaking | /ˈkriːkɪŋ/ /ˈkriːkɪŋ/ |
- 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
嘎吱作响(开门或踩上木地板等时发出的声音) - She heard a floorboard creak upstairs.
她听见楼上的地板发出嘎吱嘎吱的响声。 - a creaking bed/gate/stair
嘎吱作响的床/大门/楼梯 - The table creaked and groaned under the weight.
那张桌子在重压下嘎吱嘎吱作响。 - The timbers creaked as the boat set sail.
船启航时,木头嘎吱作响。 - + adj. The door creaked open.
门嘎吱一声开了。
- He stood up, his bones creaking.
他站了起来,骨头吱吱作响。 - The chair creaked under his weight.
椅子被他压得嘎吱作响。 - The door creaked open an inch.
门嘎吱一声开了一条缝儿。 - The ice creaked and groaned underfoot.
脚下的冰嘎吱作响。 - The stairs creaked as I crept down them.
我爬下楼梯时,楼梯嘎吱作响。 - The stairs creaked as she went up them.
她上楼梯时,楼梯嘎吱作响。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- loudly
- slightly
- slowly
- …
- under
- creak and groan
- creak open
词源Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘croak’): imitative. - She heard a floorboard creak upstairs.
Idioms
creak under the strain
- if a system or service creaks under the strain, it cannot deal effectively with all the things it is expected to do or provide
因负担过重而效率低下;由于压力过大而运转不灵