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

• 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。
• Lonely creeks are opal in the dawn, sword-blue in the sun, grayly silver under misty moons.
  偏僻的小溪黎明的时候是乳白色的，阳光下是剑蓝色，朦胧的月色下则呈银灰色。
• The Status Analysis of Heavy Metal Pollution of the Creeks in Urban Area of Siping City
  四平市城区河流重金属污染现状分析
• 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。
• The grades are gentle and, like drainages, the routes often go under or over barriers such as highways, creeks, steep hills or other obstructions.
  类似下水管道，铁路线的坡度平缓，经常从地下穿过或从高空越过高速公路、溪流、险山和其他障碍物。
• 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。
• There were many creeks in this mountainous region, and it was necessary to cross Muddy Creek, Green Creek and others, upon culverts.
  在这一带山区，河川很多，铁路必须从污水河、清水河以及其他河流的小桥上穿过。
• Drought has also forced hikers to carry more water: The first eight creeks that we crossed were dry.
  干旱也迫使徒步旅行者随身携带更多水：我们在路上经过的头八条小溪都已干涸。
• 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。
• The creeks and streams were long gone back into the earth.
  小溪小河早都干得底朝天。