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单词 squeaking
释义
squeaking
present participle ofsqueak
squeak
verb
uk
/skwiːk/us
/skwiːk/

squeakverb(SOUND)

C2[I]
to make ashort, very highcryorsound:
Themicein thecupboardsqueaked.
Thedoorsqueaked as itswungback andforthonitsrustyhinges.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Animal (non-human) sounds
  • baa
  • bleat
  • buzzy
  • caterwauling
  • chatter
  • cockcrow
  • coo
  • cry
  • hee-haw
  • honk
  • howling
  • miaow
  • moo
  • peep
  • purr
  • quack
  • squeak
  • trill
  • trumpet
  • warble
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact

squeakverb(SUCCEED)

[I+ adv/prep]US
to only justsucceedin something such as atestorcompetition:
He squeakedthroughtheexam.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
  • A game
  • accomplish
  • achieve
  • acquit
  • actualize
  • bear
  • go (like/down) a bombidiom
  • go faridiom
  • go from strength to strengthidiom
  • go into orbitidiom
  • go placesidiom
  • kill
  • pan
  • rise
  • scrape through(something)
  • sewsomethingup
  • slam dunk
  • smash itidiom
  • somewhere
  • stand out
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(Definition ofsqueakingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsqueaking

squeaking

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

In that case, the home beliefs will be well oiled, and quite far fromsqueaking.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is the voice of expediency,squeakingdesperately through a bland exterior.
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After the mountains have laboured in this fashion, there might be asqueakingmouse of a minor interest rate cut.
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I have never tried to treat it like that, despite some of the scutterings and squeakings which go on behind the wainscots down the corridor.
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Yet when the election comes, they will be at the forefront,squeakingin their hypocritical terms about how they are the friends of tenants.
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It is quite true to say that there was the bare possibility at that time of justsqueakingthrough, if nothing else went wrong from then onwards.
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The pips have long since given upsqueaking, and it is the elderly and vulnerable people who are being squeezed the most, whether in three-star, two-star or no-star authorities.
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They would miss the playoffs for five consecutive seasons beforesqueakinginto the fourth and final playoff spot in 1948.
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Both male and female stand on their hind legs and wrestle, makingsqueakingnoise.
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It is capable of emittingsqueakingsounds, which are believed to be a means of communication between individuals.
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The dish is so named because it makes bubbling andsqueakingsounds during the cooking process.
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This type of homemade folk fiddle is the leading instrument of "skipkask muzika" (squeakingfiddle band).
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Through the day, it makessqueakingnoises while flying, and harsh squawks when mobbing.
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The string tremolos reappear in the middle section, alternating with asqueakingoboe.
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While the recordings may be of actualsqueakingrats, the noise is uncommon - they may do so only if distressed, hurt, or annoyed.
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