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

• 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。
• It had fertile countryside land, rich products, dense population and creeks and lakes in ancient Hangzhou and its neighbour area, where there is a good place for planting medicinal materials.
  古代杭州及附近地区土地肥沃、物产丰盈、人口稠密、溪水湖泊密布，是种植药材的好地方。
• 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。
• "There was heavy rain and creeks were flooded with torrents of water, which made them difficult to cross," Pa-an district KNU chairman Pado Saw Aung Maw Aye told Mizzima.
  “大雨中小溪山洪汹涌而下，缅军携带重装备，使他们难以行进”帕安地区克伦民族联盟主席巴多梭昂茂诶称。
• The creeks and streams were long gone back into the earth.
  小溪小河早都干得底朝天。
• 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。
• 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。
• There are no creeks around here, not for miles.
  这附近方圆几哩都没小河。
• 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。
• 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。