| 词汇 | creakiness |
| 释义 | creakiness noun[ U ] uk /ˈkriː.ki.nəs/ us /ˈkriː.ki.nəs/ creakinessnoun[U] (MAKING SOUND)the quality or condition of being likely to make a long, low sound when moved: 摇摇欲坠的状态，一动就会嘎吱作响的状态 Aging is not just a matter of creakiness in the joints.人的衰老，不仅仅体现在关节的吱吱声。 Can we do anything about the creakiness of the floorboards?地板吱吱作响，能修好吗？ Despite the creakiness of the vehicle, we got to our destination. There is still some creakiness in his injured shoulder. A little oil will cure the creakiness of the hinges. Describing qualities of sound audibly boomy chocolatey chuff clomp crackling ear-splitting melodically melodiously metallically murmurous murmurously silvery squeaky staccato thready tinnily tunefully tunefulness tunelessly creakinessnoun[U] (OLD-FASHIONED)the quality of being old-fashioned and not now effective: 过时;破旧;摇摇欲坠 The enterprise was undermined by the creakiness of the technology used to implement it. 这家企业受到了削弱，因为其使用的技术陈旧过时。 A flu crisis exposed the creakiness of the health service. The creakiness of the plot is all too evident. Despite the creakiness of the material, the production was enjoyable enough. A certain creakiness has set in to the process. Old or old-fashioned age-old ageing ancient antediluvian anti-progressive fossilize fossilized frumpy fustily have had its/your dayidiom outdate outdated outdatedly outmoded outworn unmodernized unmodish unprogressive unreconstructed unsmart You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Failing and doing badly Seecreaky Examples of creakinesscreakiness Vowels bearing non-modal phonation - creakiness or breathiness - never contrast in tone. The second portion of the vowel usually possesses severely weakened breathiness or creakiness, verging on modal phonation. Here, instrumental studies often show that breathiness or creakiness persists for the duration of the vowel. We are witnessing the consequences of an international never-never system that is now showing signs of unease and creakiness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The second example concerns the creakiness of some of the machinery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Similarly, creaky vowels tend to confine their creakiness to the first part of the vowel, often with glottal closure before modal voice: as or. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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