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creek

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漢語翻譯


n. 小溪, 小河, 小灣
相關詞組:
up the creek

英文解釋：

名詞 creek:

  1. a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
    同義詞：brook
  2. any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma

例句：

  1. I'll be up the creek if I don't pass this history test.
    我若不能通過這次歷史考試，麻煩可就大了。
  2. I was really up the creek when I lost my keys.
    我丟掉鑰匙之後，真正遇到了麻煩。

詳細解釋：


creek

n.Abbr. cr.（名詞）縮寫 cr.
A small stream, often a shallow or intermittent tributary to a river.Also called Regional branch ,brook Regional kill 2Regional run
小河，溪流：一小股水流，通常指一條河流的淺灘或斷斷續續的支流也作 【區域的】 branch,brook【區域的】 kill2【區域的】 run
A channel or stream running through a salt marsh:
小河，支流：穿過鹽鹼沼澤的運河或小河：
例句：
tidal creeks teeming with shore wildlife.
生活著眾多海岸野生動物的潮汐河流

Chiefly British A small inlet in a shoreline, extending farther inland than a cove.
【多用於英國】 小灣：在海岸線上的小港灣，比如小灣伸入陸地內

<習慣用語>up the creek 或
up the creek without a paddle 【非正式用語】
In a difficult, unfortunate, or inextricable position.
遭遇困難，處於困境：處於困難的、不幸的或困窘的境況
來源：
Middle English creke
中古英文 creke
probably from Old Norse kriki [bend]
可能源自 古斯堪的納維亞語 kriki [彎曲]

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