creek

noun

/kriːk/

Idioms

(British English) a narrow area of water where the sea flows into the land小海湾；小港湾 synonym inlet
- They drove to the little creek where they kept their fishing boat.他们驱车来到小港湾，那里是他们停放渔船的地方。
Topics Geographyc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- tidal
- little
- small
- …
verb + creek
- cross
creek + noun
- bed
- bottom
- bank
- …
(North American English, Australian English, New Zealand English) a small river or stream小河；小溪
- Sandy Creek桑迪溪
- He stood on the steep bank above Ray’s Creek.他站在雷河陡峭的岸上。
Topics Geographyc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- tidal
- little
- small
- …
verb + creek
- cross
creek + noun
- bed
- bottom
- bank
- …

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French crique or from Old Norse kriki ‘nook’; perhaps reinforced by Middle Dutch krēke; of unknown ultimate origin.

Idioms

up the creek (without a paddle)

(informal) in a difficult or bad situation处于困境（或窘境）
- If they won't accept my credit card, I'll really be up the creek.如果他们不接受我的信用卡，那我的麻烦就大了。

Creek

noun

/kriːk/

(plural Creek, Creeks)

a member of a native North American people, many of whom now live in the US state of Oklahoma北美原住民的成员，其中许多人现在居住在美国俄克拉荷马州
CultureThe Creek people lived by farming, originally in the states of Alabama and Georgia. They were one of the Five Civilized Tribes. Under their leader Tecumseh they were defeated by General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814) in Alabama. They were then forced to move to the West.
Word Originfrom creek, because they lived beside the waterways of the flatlands of Georgia and Alabama, USA.

单词	creek
释义	creek noun /kriːk/ /kriːk/ Idioms (British English) a narrow area of water where the sea flows into the land小海湾；小港湾 synonym inlet They drove to the little creek where they kept their fishing boat.他们驱车来到小港湾，那里是他们停放渔船的地方。 Topics Geographyc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective tidal little small … verb + creek cross creek + noun bed bottom bank … (North American English, Australian English, New Zealand English) a small river or stream小河；小溪 Sandy Creek桑迪溪 He stood on the steep bank above Ray’s Creek.他站在雷河陡峭的岸上。 Topics Geographyc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective tidal little small … verb + creek cross creek + noun bed bottom bank … Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French crique or from Old Norse kriki ‘nook’; perhaps reinforced by Middle Dutch krēke; of unknown ultimate origin. Idioms up the creek (without a paddle) (informal) in a difficult or bad situation处于困境（或窘境） If they won't accept my credit card, I'll really be up the creek.如果他们不接受我的信用卡，那我的麻烦就大了。 Creek noun /kriːk/ /kriːk/ (plural Creek, Creeks) a member of a native North American people, many of whom now live in the US state of Oklahoma北美原住民的成员，其中许多人现在居住在美国俄克拉荷马州 CultureThe Creek people lived by farming, originally in the states of Alabama and Georgia. They were one of the Five Civilized Tribes. Under their leader Tecumseh they were defeated by General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814) in Alabama. They were then forced to move to the West. Word Originfrom creek, because they lived beside the waterways of the flatlands of Georgia and Alabama, USA.
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