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

creak v.

to (cause to) make a sharp, scraping, or squeaking sound: [no object]The rusty old gate creaked.[~ + object]He creaked the door when he opened it.
to move slowly with or as if with such a sound:[no object]The broken-down car creaked along slowly.

n. [countable]

a creaking sound:I heard a few creaks from the old floorboards.

creak•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est.

creak v.i.

to make a sharp, harsh, grating, or squeaking sound.
to move with creaking.

v.t.

to cause to creak.

a creaking sound.

Middle English creken to croak, apparently back formation from Old English crǣcettan, variant of crācettan to croak 1275–1325

creak′ing•ly, adv.

creak /kriːk/ vb

to make or cause to make a harsh squeaking sound
(intransitive) to make such sounds while moving: the old car creaked along

a harsh squeaking sound

Etymology: 14th Century: variant of croak, of imitative origin

ˈcreaky adj ˈcreakily adv ˈcreakiness n ˈcreakingly adv

单词	creak
释义	WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024 creak /krik/USA pronunciation v. to (cause to) make a sharp, scraping, or squeaking sound: [no object]The rusty old gate creaked.[~ + object]He creaked the door when he opened it. to move slowly with or as if with such a sound:[no object]The broken-down car creaked along slowly. n. [countable] a creaking sound:I heard a few creaks from the old floorboards. creak•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024 creak (krēk),USA pronunciation v.i. to make a sharp, harsh, grating, or squeaking sound. to move with creaking. v.t. to cause to creak. n. a creaking sound. Middle English creken to croak, apparently back formation from Old English crǣcettan, variant of crācettan to croak 1275–1325 creak′ing•ly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: creak /kriːk/ vb to make or cause to make a harsh squeaking sound (intransitive) to make such sounds while moving: the old car creaked along n a harsh squeaking sound Etymology: 14th Century: variant of croak, of imitative origin ˈcreaky adj ˈcreakily adv ˈcreakiness n ˈcreakingly adv
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