Word · Frequency #16400
creak
发出嘎吱声；吱吱作响
To make a prolonged, sharp grating or squeaking sound, as when hard objects rub together.
- 1.
To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.
发出持续尖锐的摩擦声或吱嘎声,如硬物摩擦所致。
- 2.
To produce a creaking sound with.
用......发出嘎吱声。
- 3.
To suffer from strain or old age.
因劳损或年老而受损。
使发出嘎吱声；老化失灵；支撑不住；发出持续尖锐的摩擦声或吱嘎声,如硬物摩擦所致。；用......发出嘎吱声。；因劳损或年老而受损。
In use
The old wooden floor creaked loudly as I walked across it.
I can hear the door hinges creak whenever someone opens it.
The stairs creak under the weight of heavy furniture.
Verb forms
base creak · third person creaks · -ing creaking · past creaked · past participle creaked
规则动词，过去式与过去分词均为creaked。
Connections
Collocations
- stairs creak
- 楼梯吱嘎作响
- The stairs creak when you step on them in the middle of the night.半夜踩上去时，楼梯会吱嘎作响。
- door creaks
- 门发出吱嘎声
- The old wooden door creaks every time someone opens it.那扇旧木门每次有人打开时都会吱嘎作响。
- floorboards creak
- 地板吱嘎作响
- The floorboards creaked as he tiptoed across the room.他踮着脚走过房间时，地板吱嘎作响。
- joints creak
- 关节发出嘎吱声（因僵硬或劳损）
- My knees creak when I stand up after sitting for a long time.我坐久了站起来时，膝盖会发出嘎吱声。
- bed creaks
- 床吱嘎作响
- The old bed creaked under his weight as he lay down.他躺下时，那张旧床在他的重压下吱嘎作响。
- creak under the weight
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想旧木门：每次推开都发出 'kriːk' 的尖响。拼写中 c 像门轴，creak 与 break 只差一个字母，门快 break 时会先 creak。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：describing old wooden floors, stairs, or doors、narrative prose and storytelling、everyday conversation about noises in a building creak 作“发出吱嘎声”解时通常属于中性词，口语和书面叙述中都比较自然，多用于描写旧木制物品因摩擦或受力发出的声音；没有明显的正式或非正式色彩。
Grammar Note
作动词时，表示发出吱嘎声，常用来描述门、地板等物体的声音。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 creak /kriːk/ 押韵的常见词包括 speak /spiːk/、squeak /skwiːk/、leak /liːk/、peak /piːk/，它们都拼作 -eak 且读 /iːk/。注意 break /breɪk/ 和 steak /steɪk/ 虽然也以 -eak 结尾，但读音不同，分别读 /breɪk/ 和 /steɪk/。
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。
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