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单词 squeaker
释义

squeak /skwēk/

intransitive verb
  1. To give forth a high-pitched nasal-sounding note or cry, or produce a similar noise
  2. To inform or confess (informal)
transitive verb

To utter, sing or render squeakily

noun
  1. A squeaky sound
  2. A narrow escape
  3. A bare chance
  4. The slimmest of margins
  5. A tiny amount
  6. A feeble newspaper (old slang)
ORIGIN: Imit; cf Swed sqväka to croak, Ger quieken to squeak

squeakˈer noun

  1. Someone who or something that squeaks
  2. A young bird
  3. An informer
  4. A squeaking toy
  5. A narrow victory (informal)

squeakˈery noun

squeakˈily adverb

squeakˈiness noun

squeakˈing noun and adjective

squeakˈingly adverb

squeakˈy adjective

squeaky clean adjective

  1. Orig, of wet hair, so clean that it squeaks when pulled
  2. Spotlessly clean
  3. (of a person) impeccable, wholesome, virtuous, above criticism or reproach (often slightly derogatory)

squeak through

To succeed, pass, win, etc only by a narrow margin

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