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

• But after some time, I found the drafts make moaning noises more than peaceful whistles, the floorboards creak an irritating, and rather unnerving sound, and the cozy little walls to be suffocating.
  过了一段时间，我发现那冷风发出的声音远不是口哨般宁静，而是一种类似于呻吟的噪声。地板吱吱作响，发出让人恼怒不知所措的声音。
• I heard the floorboards creak by my bed where my head was laying exposed, I still couldn't move.
  我听到头边的地板吱吱作响，但还是不敢动。
• 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。
• The room started to sway, to shiver and creak.
  这个房间开始膨胀，颤抖并且咯吱作响。
• The floorboards creak when you walk on them.
  地板在你的脚下吱吱作响。
• 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。
• The timbers groan and creak and the floorboards shift.
  这些木头在吱吱嘎嘎作响，木地板有些摇晃。
• Old dwelling Wooden staircases, with the noise of creak when you set foot on it.
  《老宅院》木质的楼梯，踏上去咯吱咯吱地作响。
• They walked slowly along creak's path.
  他们沿着克里克小径慢慢地行走。
• 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。