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词汇 creaky
释义 creaky
adjective
uk /ˈkriː.ki/ us /ˈkriː.ki/
Something that is creaky creaks: 嘎吱作响的
a creaky hinge/chair/bed嘎吱作响的合页/椅子/床
creaky floorboards嘎吱作响的地板
UK
used to describe something that is old-fashioned and not now effective: 过时的;破旧的;摇摇欲坠的
the creaky legal system老朽过时的司法制度
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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

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Old or old-fashioned

Related words


creakily
creakiness

Examples of creaky


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The talented cast is superb, knowing how to get the most suspense and shocks from such a creaky thriller.
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Dusty furniture and creaky hinges seem to be the only problems with the place at first glance.
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Additional vowels distinguish, oral, nasal, breathy and creaky phonation types.
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Phonetically aspirated fricatives do not occur before creaky vowels, while aspirated stops do.
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Similarly, a weak coda may accompany the low-falling creaky tone.
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In the environment of glottalized resonants as well as ejective and pharyngeal consonants, vowels can be laryngealized which often means creaky voice.
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The glottalized click phonation is something like creaky voice, not an ejective.
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Laryngealization generally consists of glottalization of the vowel in question, creating a kind of creaky voice.
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Glottalization of vowels and other sonorants is most often realized as creaky voice (partial closure).
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They run in spurts on the ground but take to flight with a hoarse creaky "gwaat" call.
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Similarly, creaky vowels tend to confine their creakiness to the first part of the vowel, often with glottal closure before modal voice: as or.
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Approximately speaking, the voiced allotones were pronounced with additional breathy voice or creaky voice and with lowered pitch.
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In some dialects the creaky tone is higher than mid tone, in others they are equal.
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While the latter generally consists of creaky phonation, there is some allophony involved.
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Glottal stops may also be realized entirely as creaky voice instead of single glottal closure.
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