squeak
verb/skwiːk/
/skwiːk/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they squeak | /skwiːk/ /skwiːk/ |
| he / she / it squeaks | /skwiːks/ /skwiːks/ |
| past simple squeaked | /skwiːkt/ /skwiːkt/ |
| past participle squeaked | /skwiːkt/ /skwiːkt/ |
| -ing form squeaking | /ˈskwiːkɪŋ/ /ˈskwiːkɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to make a short high sound that is not very loud
短促而尖厉地叫；吱吱叫；嘎吱作响 - My new shoes squeak.
我的新鞋走路嘎吱嘎吱响。 - The mouse ran away, squeaking with fear.
那只老鼠吓得尖叫着溜了。 - One wheel makes a horrible squeaking noise.
一个车轮发出讨厌的吱吱声。
- My new shoes squeak.
- [transitive, intransitive] (+ speech) to speak in a very high voice, especially when you are nervous or excited
（尤指紧张或激动时）尖声说话 - ‘Let go of me!’ he squeaked nervously.
“放开我！”他紧张地尖叫道。
- ‘Let go of me!’ he squeaked nervously.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to only just manage to win something, pass a test, etc.
勉强通过；侥幸成功；险胜 - We squeaked into the final with a goal in the last minute.
我们靠最后一分钟的进球得分侥幸进入决赛。 - The gun control measures narrowly squeaked through Congress.
枪支管制措施勉强通过了国会。 - The socialist party squeaked home with a majority of just two seats.
社会党仅以两个席位勉强获得多数席位。
- We squeaked into the final with a goal in the last minute.
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): imitative; compare with Swedish skväka ‘croak’, also with squeal and shriek. The noun dates from the early 17th cent.