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

• There are no creeks around here, not for miles.
  这附近方圆几哩都没小河。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The creeks and streams were long gone back into the earth.
  小溪小河早都干得底朝天。
• The Growth and Evolution of Tidal Creeks on the Prograding Mud Flat in Jiangsu Province
  江苏淤长型淤泥质潮滩上潮沟的发育与演变
• In Vermont and upstate New York, floodwaters cascaded through towns, bordering rivers and creeks.
  在佛蒙特州和纽约州北部，洪水淹没了城镇，冲破河岸和小溪。
• 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。