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单词 creak
释义
creak
(krk )
Word forms: creaks , creaking , creaked
verb
If something creaks, it makes a short, high-pitched sound when it moves.
The bed-springs creaked. [VERB]
The steps creaked beneath his feet. [VERB]
The door creaked open. [VERB adjective]
...the creaking stairs. [VERB-ing]
Synonyms: squeak, grind, scrape, groan  
Creak is also a noun.
The door was pulled open with a creak.
Collocations:
door creaks
Five minutes later, a door creaks open then slams shut.
The Sun
Luck smiles as a heavy door creaks open.
The Sun
Bellies groaning, we return to the church, swallows jinking through the dusk, and as the church door creaks open, the plangent sound of harp-playing greets our ears.
Times, Sunday Times
I can't bear screechy door creaks and drawn-out screams.
Times, Sunday Times
He knocks on the door and a female figure descends slowly in shadow; the door creaks ominously.
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floorboards creak
The display has a domestic character and the floorboards creak slightly.
Times, Sunday Times
The floorboards creak so loudly that you'll hear the waiter coming from 30 paces.
Times, Sunday Times
The floorboards creak in all the right places, too.
Times, Sunday Times
It's not easy sorting through a huge pile of papers in a house that gurgles with gothic dyspepsia: floorboards creak, rooms whisper, shadows flicker on walls.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 嘎吱作响
Japanese: きしる
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