Creek
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n. <英>小灣;<美>小河，小溪;〈廢〉彎曲狹窄的通路;克里克人，克里克語;
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The man had fallen into the creek and had sprained his ankle.
那人掉進了小溪，把腳踝扭傷了。
"Down by the creek," said Mr. Helton, in his hollow voice.
“在小溪邊上，”希爾頓先生甕聲甕氣的說。
The creek adjoining grandpa's house had ice at least a foot thick in winter.
祖父家旁邊的小河里冬天結的冰起碼有一英尺厚。
I was going to bridge a little creek for it.
我要在一條小河流上建一座橋。
The creek became narrower and finally petered out.
支流越變越窄最后終于枯竭了。
?? 聯想助記
【串】娃娃魚在creek(小溪)里creep(爬行),不久爬到了creel(捕魚籠)
【記】creek-小溪,reek-有臭味:這條小溪被嚴重污染了,不時散發出陣陣臭味
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creek
n
1 (Brit) narrow stretch of water flowing inland from a coast; inlet 小海灣; 小港灣.
2 (US) small river; stream 小河; 溪流.
3 (idm 習語) up the `creek (infml 口) in difficulties 處於困境
I'm really up the creek without my car. 我沒有了汽車實在不方便.
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*[kri:k]n. 小溪, 小河, 小灣相關詞組: up the creek
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You're right.
說得對。
Blood will have blood.
血債要用血來還。
It also provides--and some student sociologist might care to base his thesis upon the phenomenon--an escape of another kind.
學社會學的大學生來露營是另一種形式的擺脫現實，他們的目的很可能是根據觀察到的露營現象去寫論文。