creek

noun

/kriːk/

Idioms

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(British English) a narrow area of water where the sea flows into the land小海灣；小港灣 synonym inlet
- They drove to the little creek where they kept their fishing boat.他們驅車來到小港灣，那裏是他們停放漁船的地方。
Topics Geographyc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- tidal
- little
- small
- …
verb + creek
- cross
creek + noun
- bed
- bottom
- bank
- …
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(North American English, Australian English, New Zealand English) a small river or stream小河；小溪
- Sandy Creek沙溪
- He stood on the steep bank above Ray’s Creek.他站在雷河陡峭的岸上。
Topics Geographyc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- tidal
- little
- small
- …
verb + creek
- cross
creek + noun
- bed
- bottom
- bank
- …
See full entry

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French crique or from Old Norse kriki ‘nook’; perhaps reinforced by Middle Dutch krēke; of unknown ultimate origin.

Idioms

up the creek (without a paddle)

(informal) in a difficult or bad situation處於困境（或窘境）
- If they won't accept my credit card, I'll really be up the creek.如果他們不接受我的信用卡，我真的會陷入困境。

Creek

noun

/kriːk/

(plural Creek, Creeks)

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a member of a Native American people, many of whom now live in the US state of Oklahoma克裏克人（美洲土著，很多現居於美國俄克拉何馬州）
CultureThe Creek were mostly farmers, originally in the states of Alabama and Georgia. They were one of the Five Civilized Tribes. Under their leader Tecumseh they were defeated by General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814) in Alabama. They were then moved to the West.
Word Originfrom creek, because they lived beside the waterways of the flatlands of Georgia and Alabama, USA.