英语词汇“creek”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

creek

(krēk, krĭk)

1. A small stream, often a shallow or intermittent tributary to a river. Also called regionally branch, brook¹, kill², run.

2. A channel or stream running through a salt marsh: tidal creeks teeming with shore wildlife.

3. Chiefly British A small inlet in a shoreline, extending farther inland than a cove.

Idiom:

up the creek (without a paddle) Informal

In a difficult, unfortunate, or inextricable position.

[Middle English creke, probably from Old Norse kriki, bend.]

单词	creek
释义	creek (krēk, krĭk) n. 1. A small stream, often a shallow or intermittent tributary to a river. Also called regionally branch, brook¹, kill², run. 2. A channel or stream running through a salt marsh: tidal creeks teeming with shore wildlife. 3. Chiefly British A small inlet in a shoreline, extending farther inland than a cove. *Idiom:* *up the creek (without a paddle)* Informal In a difficult, unfortunate, or inextricable position. [Middle English creke, probably from Old Norse kriki, bend.]
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