creak
verb [intransitive]Verb Forms
Idioms present simple I / you / we / they creak | |
he / she / it creaks | |
past simple creaked | |
past participle creaked | |
-ing form creaking |
to make the sound that a door sometimes makes when you open it or that a wooden floor sometimes makes when you step on it 嘎吱作响(开门或踩上木地板等时发出的声音) She heard a floorboard creak upstairs. 她听见楼上的地板发出嘎吱嘎吱的响声。 a creaking bed/gate/stair 嘎吱作响的床/大门/楼梯 The table creaked and groaned under the weight. 那张桌子在重压下嘎吱嘎吱作响。 The timbers creaked as the boat set sail. 船启航时,木头嘎吱作响。 - + adj.
The door creaked open. 门嘎吱一声开了。
Extra ExamplesHe stood up, his bones creaking. 他站了起来,骨头吱吱作响。 The chair creaked under his weight. 椅子被他压得嘎吱作响。 The door creaked open an inch. 门嘎吱一声开了一条缝儿。 The ice creaked and groaned underfoot. 脚下的冰嘎吱作响。 The stairs creaked as I crept down them. 我爬下楼梯时,楼梯嘎吱作响。 The stairs creaked as she went up them. 她上楼梯时,楼梯嘎吱作响。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- loudly
- slightly
- slowly
- …
- under
- creak and groan
- creak open
Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb in the sense ‘croak’): imitative.
Idioms
creak under the strain
if a system or service creaks under the strain, it cannot deal effectively with all the things it is expected to do or provide 因负担过重而效率低下;由于压力过大而运转不灵