| 单词 | squeaky |
| 释义 | squeaky (skwiːki ) Word forms: squeakier, squeakiest adjective Something that is squeaky makes high-pitched sounds. ...squeaky floorboards. He had a squeaky voice. Idioms: squeaky clean morally very good with no character faults As a country-dweller myself, I can truthfully say that not all people living in the countryside are as squeaky clean as they like to think. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: squeaky toy I bought her a squeaky toy a while back, but had to confiscate it after just one night. Times, Sunday Times He immediately gives her a pink squeaky toy. The Sun Instead, you bounded on the scene like two ungainly terriers squabbling over a squeaky toy. The Sun Unfortunately, the sweating gents battling their way to nourishment are in fact about as aggressive as a puppy wrestling with a squeaky toy. Times, Sunday Times Cute puppies playing with squeaky toys? The Sun Create a sock puppet and make her giggle by giving it a squeaky voice. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Yes, him with the squeaky voice. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Make sure nerves don't give you a squeaky voice! The Sun (2010) But they don't like a man with a squeaky voice. Times, Sunday Times (2015) His mother always had a squeaky voice, pleading and whiny. GOING OUT (2002) But if you not happy with the service, stand your ground — the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Times, Sunday Times When managers are forced to grease a squeaky wheel, a poisonous double-standard emerges. Globe and Mail Also, who wants to be the squeaky wheel when you are 'just' a temp? The Sun This fallacy operates on the principle that the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 From around 2000 until 2008 this station sounded exactly like a squeaky wheel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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