creek

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Related topics: Geography, Geology

creek /kriːk/ noun [countableC] → creak

1. SG American EnglishAmE, AusE a small narrow stream or river 小溪，小河

2. British EnglishBrESG a long narrow area of water that flows from the sea into the land 小海湾，小海港

3 be up the creek (without a paddle) (also be up shit creek (without a paddle) not polite) spokenPROBLEM to be in a very difficult situation 陷入严重困境，倒了邪霉

If I don’t get my passport by Friday, I’ll be up the creek.

如果到星期五我还拿不到护照的话，那就完了。

Examples from the Corpus

be up the creek (without a paddle)• I'll really be up the creek if I don't get paid this week.• What he learned from that interview was that Graham Ross was up the creek without a paddle.• Chairmen of football clubs are only in the papers and on the radio when the team is up the creek.

Examples from the Corpus

creek• But up one side, straight up this beautiful creek and past palm trees, was Nui Ba Den.• Lagoons, creeks, islands, coves and deserted sandy beaches abound.• He approached the creek, looking furtively for signs of some one else.• A mosquito net was providentially suspended above the bed; the creek was certain to be thick with insects when night fell.• A week later villagers found the corpse of his eldest daughter, 12, by the creek.• He'd hit his ball into the creek and he was taking a drop.• The movement around and beneath her was as dizzying as the fast current of the creek had been a moment before.

Creekn noun

n1. the Creek [P] a Native American tribe from Georgia and Alabama in the US