Word · Frequency #16400
creak
/kriːk/
noun
嘎吱声；吱吱声
The sound produced by something that creaks; a creaking.
- 1.
The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
吱吱作响的声音；嘎吱声。
吱吱作响的声音；嘎吱声。；辗轧声；嘎吱嘎吱声
In use
The old door opened with a loud creak.
I heard a creak from the wooden floorboards above.
Every time he shifted his weight, the chair emitted a faint creak.
Connections
Collocations
- a loud creak
- 响亮的嘎吱声
- A loud creak came from the old wooden floor.旧木地板上传来响亮的嘎吱声。
- the creak of the stairs
- 楼梯的嘎吱声
- She heard the creak of the stairs in the middle of the night.她半夜听到楼梯的嘎吱声。
- hear a creak
- 听到嘎吱声
- Did you hear a creak just now?你刚才听到嘎吱声了吗？
- with a creak
- 嘎吱一声
- The old gate slowly opened with a creak.旧大门随着嘎吱一声慢慢打开。
- give a creak
- 发出嘎吱声
- The rusty hinge gave a creak when he pushed the door.他推门时，生锈的铰链发出嘎吱声。
- creaks and groans
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：老门轴缺油时发出“嘎吱”尖叫，正是creak的读音kri:k又长又尖，像在模仿这个声音。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、书面叙事 该词为中性词，通常用于描述物体（如旧地板、门轴）发出的吱嘎声，在口语和书面叙事中都比较常见；没有明显的正式或非正式限制。
Grammar Note
可数名词，常用单数，复数形式为creaks。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词均与 creak 押韵，重读音节含相同的 /iːk/ 音：squeak /skwiːk/, leak /liːk/, weak /wiːk/, beak /biːk/, peak /piːk/, freak /friːk/。注意拼写相似的 break /breɪk/ 和 steak /steɪk/ 发不同的 /eɪk/ 音，不要混淆。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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