creeks

英 [kriːks]

美 [kriks]

n.  小海湾; 小港湾; 小河; 小溪
creek的复数

柯林斯词典

• 小海湾;小港湾
  Acreekis a narrow place where the sea comes a long way into the land.
• N-COUNT 小河;小溪
  Acreekis a small stream or river.
  1. Follow Austin Creek for a few miles.
     沿着奥斯汀河走上几英里。
• 处于困境(或窘境);犯错误
  If someone isup the creek, they are in a bad or difficult situation, or are wrong in some way. You can also say that someone isup the creek without a paddle.

双语例句

• Occurs in brackish waters of tidal creeks and river mouths, usually among mangroves.
  出现于潮汐小溪与河口的半咸淡水域，通常在红树林之中。
• Property boundaries at this time were not marked out with iron rods or stakes in a standard fashion, but rather designated by natural objects such as rocks, trees and creeks.
  那时，地产边界不是用标准的铁棍或木桩来做标志，而是用象岩石、木和小溪等自然物来界定。
• In small, modular refineries they are producing kerosene and other fuel and selling to the local market from so-called mushroom enterprises in the creeks and swamps.
  他们在小型标准化炼厂生产煤油及其它燃料，然后从位于溪谷和沼泽的无数所谓的小作坊，把它们出售给当地市场。
• Insatiably curious about the world, the Creeks enjoyed a freedom of thought and expression unknown in earlier societies.
  对世界充满永不满足的好奇，希腊人享受着早期社会还鲜为人知的思想和表达自由。
• There are no creeks around here, not for miles.
  这附近方圆几哩都没小河。
• I dreamt ( that) I started ( went for) a vagrant life with my friends on our bicycles, meandering along rural paths, wading creeks and brooks.
  我梦见我和我的朋友们一起去流浪了，骑着自行车，漫步在乡间小路。趟过小溪。
• Farmers scattered up and down the creeks and rivers, with great distances between families.
  农民四处散居于溪涧河流上下各处，一家一家之间隔得很远。
• The Pilbara the word is Aboriginal for mullet, a type of fish running in the mountain creeks is both the end of the earth and the wellspring of Australia's future.
  皮尔巴拉在当地土语里是“鲻鱼”的意思，指一种在山涧里游走的鱼。现实中，皮尔巴拉既象征着土地的尽头，也象征着澳大利亚未来财富的源泉。
• Used to paddling in steep, narrow creeks, I found this experience unnerving and awkward.
  习惯了在陡峭、狭窄的小河上涉水，我发现这种体验会让人丧失勇气，而且并不雅观。
• Mostly greater differences in altitudes are being used, like mountain creeks.
  大部分是利用高度差，如高山溪流。