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词汇 creek
释义 creek
noun[ C ]
uk /kriːk/ us /kriːk/
mainly UK
a narrow area of water that flows into the land from the sea, a lake, etc.: (通海、湖等的)小湾,小港
I'm going to sail to the mouth of the Thames and then let the tide take me up a creek.
She loved the Suffolk coast,with its creeks and marshes and reed beds under a huge sky.
US and Australian English(US alsocrick)
a stream or narrow river: 小溪,小河
That night they set up camp near the creek.
In this area of Queensland you will find stunning rain forest, burbling creeks and diverse flora and fauna.
[ in a name ]The Walter Byron Memorial Park is beside Ten Mile Creek at the base of Mount Royal, Colorado.
 
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Idioms


up a/the creek
up a/the creek without a paddle

creek | American Dictionary


creek
noun[ C ]
us/krik/
a small river or stream

Examples of creek


creek
Small creeks cross terra firme habitat and topographic relief can be as much as 35 m within a 1-ha plot.
Handles were removed, and drainage holes were made and then the buckets were sunk into the ground, 25 m apart, along a drift fence on either side of creeks.
Later in the wet season, when the creeks return to their normal flow patterns, this route is still a convenient and safe access for coastal traffic to inland areas.
The impact of epifaunal predation on the structure of macroinfaunal inver tebrate communities of tidal saltmarsh creeks.
I am thinking particularly of creeks that need to be dammed to provide an adequate level of water for boating.
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Of course, very much depends upon the sluices and gates, and the small bays and creeks which drain these areas.
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I do not think he read the whole definition, but he covered creeks, bays and all kinds of other things.
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There must be many places where it would be possible to set up some sort of pilot scheme at one of the many creeks and tributaries.
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The boats have increased in size, and it is no longer possible to draw them into the little creeks, as was the case when they were much smaller.
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We have creeks and coves, windswept cliffs and sun-soaked and glorious beaches, but that beauty, like so much in life, cannot mask the underlying problems that scar the area.
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On an incoming tide, while not dangerous, the ground generally gives the impression of opening slightly, and a person walking round these creeks could tire fairly quickly.
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First it fills the creeks and channels, the lower levels, leaving behind sandbanks and shoals, like islands in the flood, and then the tide comes up and submerges them all.
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When you recollect our coast line, with its numerous creeks and bays and harbours and the powerful smuggling instinct, there must be a substantial allowance for cost of collection.
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Most of the placer-producing creeks drain the area of lode mineralization.
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More than fourteen named creeks cross the corridor.
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Collocations withcreek


creek

These are words often used in combination with creek.

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creek bed
First they cleaned out the bottom of the creek, called the creekbed.
creek bottom
In this area, cornfields were scattered about in the creekbottom.
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creek crossing
A small creekcrossing used to be required, but a bridge has been built over the creek.
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