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单词 creek
释义
creek
noun[C]
uk
/kriːk/us
/kriːk/
mainly UK
anarrowareaofwaterthatflowsinto thelandfrom thesea, alake, etc.:
（通海、湖等的）小湾，小港
I'm going tosailto themouthof the Thames and thenletthetidetake me up a creek.
Shelovedthe Suffolk coast,withitscreeks andmarshesandreedbedsunder ahugesky.
USandAustralian English
(USalsocrick)
astreamornarrowriver:
小溪，小河
Thatnightthey set upcampnear the creek.
In thisareaof Queensland you willfindstunningrainforest,burblingcreeks anddiversefloraandfauna.
[in a name]The Walter ByronMemorialPark is beside Ten Mile Creek at thebaseofMountRoyal,Colorado.
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Idioms

up a/the creek
up a/the creek without a paddle
(Definition ofcreekfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
creek
noun[C]
uk
/kriːk/us
/kriːk/
anarrowareaofwaterthatflowsinto thelandfrom thesea, alake, etc.
（通海、湖等的）小湾，小港
US
astreamornarrowriver
小溪，小河

Idiom

up the creek

creek| American Dictionary

creek
noun[C]
us
/krik/
asmallriverorstream
(Definition ofcreekfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcreek

creek
Small creeks cross terra firme habitat and topographic relief can be as much as 35 m within a 1-ha plot.
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Handles were removed, and drainage holes were made and then the buckets were sunk into the ground, 25 m apart, along a drift fence on either side of creeks.
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Later in the wet season, when the creeks return to their normal flow patterns, this route is still a convenient and safe access for coastal traffic to inland areas.
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The impact of epifaunal predation on the structure of macroinfaunal inver tebrate communities of tidal saltmarsh creeks.
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I am thinking particularly of creeks that need to be dammed to provide an adequate level of water for boating.
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Of course, very much depends upon the sluices and gates, and the small bays and creeks which drain these areas.
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I do not think he read the whole definition, but he covered creeks, bays and all kinds of other things.
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There must be many places where it would be possible to set up some sort of pilot scheme at one of the many creeks and tributaries.
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The boats have increased in size, and it is no longer possible to draw them into the little creeks, as was the case when they were much smaller.
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We have creeks and coves, windswept cliffs and sun-soaked and glorious beaches, but that beauty, like so much in life, cannot mask the underlying problems that scar the area.
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On an incoming tide, while not dangerous, the ground generally gives the impression of opening slightly, and a person walking round these creeks could tire fairly quickly.
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First it fills the creeks and channels, the lower levels, leaving behind sandbanks and shoals, like islands in the flood, and then the tide comes up and submerges them all.
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When you recollect our coast line, with its numerous creeks and bays and harbours and the powerful smuggling instinct, there must be a substantial allowance for cost of collection.
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Most of the placer-producing creeks drain the area of lode mineralization.
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More than fourteen named creeks cross the corridor.
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Collocationswithcreek

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These are words often used in combination withcreek.

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creek bed
First they cleaned out the bottom of the creek, called thecreekbed.
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creek bottom
In this area, cornfields were scattered about in thecreekbottom.
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creek crossing
A smallcreekcrossingused to be required, but a bridge has been built over the creek.
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