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词汇 squeaky
释义 squeaky
adjective
uk /ˈskwiː.ki/ us /ˈskwiː.ki/

squeakyadjective (SOUND)


C2
making a very high sound吱吱响的;发尖叫声的
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

at the top of a range of sound
highShe has a very high voice.
high-pitchedHe talks to his dog in the most ridiculous high-pitched voice.
shrillHe called the dog back with a shrill whistle.
reedyHe had a thin, reedy voice.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Describing qualities of sound
audibly
boomy
chocolatey
chuff
clomp
crackling
ear-splitting
mellifluously
melodically
melodiously
metallically
murmurous
raucous
silvery
staccato
textured
thready
tinnily
tunefully
tunefulness

squeakyadjective (SUCCESS)


US
only just succeeding in a game, competition, etc.: (在比赛中)险胜的
The president had a squeaky six-vote win (= he won by only six votes) in Congress.总统在国会以6票的微弱优势勉强获胜。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Closeness in distance and time
a few stepsidiom
a hair's breadthidiom
about
ace
anywhere
anywhere nearidiom
approachable
around
float
float around
hand to handidiom
hard by
proximate
proximately
proximity
roof
round the corneridiom
shadow
shout
step

Idiom


the squeaky wheel gets the grease

squeaky | American Dictionary


squeaky
adjective
us/ˈskwi·ki/
making a short, very high sound or cry:
The door swung open on its squeaky hinges.

Examples of squeaky


squeaky
I swaggered into the gym every evening, gaining confidence from my new, squeaky clean sports gear - trainers, track suit, the lot.
The child was told to squeeze the roll, discovering that it was a plastic squeaky toy.
Woods was the most marketable athlete in the world because of his former squeaky-clean image and dominance in the sport.
One of the two characters was portrayed consistently with a high, squeaky voice and the other with a low (somewhat silly) voice.
The scores range from ten (squeaky clean) to zero (highly corrupt).
The squeaky wheel gets the grease. 13.
Both heart sounds were normal and there was a short, squeaky systolic murmur at the left sternal border, as well as a continuous murmur in the pulmonary area.
When the police lights were parallel with us to the south about a third of a mile, the door of the log cabin swung open on its squeaky hinges.
They are not exactly squeaky clean.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
In the spirit of self-regulation, banks would have a real incentive to keep their affairs squeaky-clean.
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Obviously, the lottery must be totally squeaky clean.
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She is not topping up her swimming pool with new squeaky clean water or spending her leisure hours wind-surfing her way around the south-west.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
I came out of a car wash the other day and drove to the first set of traffic lights with a squeaky clean windscreen.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
I might add that the existence of that internal investigation was revealed only after it had concluded that everything was above board and squeaky clean.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Their ideas are always squeaky clean.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
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