单词 | squeak |
释义 | squeak —squeakingly, adv. /skweek/, n. 1. a short, sharp, shrill cry; a sharp, high-pitched sound. 2. Informal. opportunity; chance: their last squeak to correct the manuscript. 3. an escape from defeat, danger, death, or destruction (usually qualified by narrow or close). v.i. 4. to utter or emit a squeak or squeaky sound. 5. Slang. to confess or turn informer; squeal. v.t. 6. to utter or sound with a squeak or squeaks. 7. squeak by or through, to succeed, survive, pass, win, etc., by a very narrow margin: They can barely squeak by on their income. The team managed to squeak through. [1350-1400; ME squeken, perh. < Scand; cf. Sw skväka to croak] |
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