| 单词 | creek |
| 释义 | creek (once / 609 pages) n A creek is a stream — like a river, but smaller — and if you grew up in the TV version of rural America, you probably had a creek babbling through your backyard and a dog that looked like Lassie. If you're "up a creek," or "up a creek without a paddle," you've got a problem with no solution in sight. Say you're out in the middle of nowhere, your cell phone battery has just died, and your car won't start. Unless you've got a solar charger or a tow truck comes along, you're definitely up a creek. WORD FAMILYcreek: creeks USAGE EXAMPLESBlaikie invited the students into her back yard to see the creek. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) The spill was contained to about a quarter mile in the creek. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) By the next day, nearby creeks were teeming with oily, black waste. Salon(Dec 31, 2016) n a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) the creek dried up every summer Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper brook Bull Run a creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil War Aegospotamosa creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey; at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War brooklet a small brook stream, watercourse a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth Creek (once / 881 pages) n WORD FAMILY Creek: Creeks USAGE EXAMPLESIn the first Creek episode, a mother and her children mysteriously dying was lazily put-to-bed with a last-minute mention of a rare blood disease. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Results showed the oxygen levels in Shell Creek were good for spawning, Scordino said. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Each year, about 2,000 babies are born at Legacy Salmon Creek. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) n any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma Hyper American Indian, Indian, Red Indian a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived |
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