creak

Word family adverbcreakilycreakinglynouncreakinessverbcreakadjectivecreaky

Related topics: Colours & sounds

creak /kriːk/ verb [intransitiveI] → creek

CSOUNDif something such as a door, wooden floor, old bed, or stair creaks, it makes a long high noise when someone opens it, walks on it, sits on it etc 〔门、木地板、旧床、楼梯等〕嘎吱作响

The floorboards creaked as she walked across the room.

她穿过房间时地板嘎吱作响。

The door creaked open.

门嘎吱一声开了。

► see thesaurus at sound

—creak noun [countableC]

Examples from the Corpus

creak• Listen with the ears of psychohistory, and you will hear the creaking.• In the hall the flooboards creaked and the walls were damp.• Meanwhile, that part of the building shifted, rising and falling with the seasons, and the floors creaked constantly.• Elsewhere in the financial system, the creaking noises are getting louder.• Down the street a gate creaked open then snapped shut.• The key clicked inside the lock and the door creaked open.• Then the gate creaked, setting off a drumroll in his heart.• Old panelling, creaking stairways and sloping floors remain.• The F2B creaked through a 180-degree turn and began photographing another strip.• The sky was clear, the stars were beautiful and the snow creaked underfoot.

Origin creak

(1300-1400) From the sound

单词	creak
释义	creak Word family adverbcreakilycreakinglynouncreakinessverbcreakadjectivecreaky Related topics: Colours & sounds creak /kriːk/ ●○○ verb [intransitiveI] → creek CSOUNDif something such as a door, wooden floor, old bed, or stair creaks, it makes a long high noise when someone opens it, walks on it, sits on it etc 〔门、木地板、旧床、楼梯等〕嘎吱作响 The floorboards creaked as she walked across the room. 她穿过房间时地板嘎吱作响。 The door creaked open. 门嘎吱一声开了。 ► see thesaurus at sound —creak noun [countableC] Examples from the Corpus creak• Listen with the ears of psychohistory, and you will hear the creaking.• In the hall the flooboards creaked and the walls were damp.• Meanwhile, that part of the building shifted, rising and falling with the seasons, and the floors creaked constantly.• Elsewhere in the financial system, the creaking noises are getting louder.• Down the street a gate creaked open then snapped shut.• The key clicked inside the lock and the door creaked open.• Then the gate creaked, setting off a drumroll in his heart.• Old panelling, creaking stairways and sloping floors remain.• The F2B creaked through a 180-degree turn and began photographing another strip.• The sky was clear, the stars were beautiful and the snow creaked underfoot. Origin creak (1300-1400) From the sound
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