creeks

英 [kriːks]

美 [kriks]

n.  小海湾; 小港湾; 小河; 小溪
creek的复数

柯林斯词典

• 小海湾;小港湾
  Acreekis a narrow place where the sea comes a long way into the land.
• N-COUNT 小河;小溪
  Acreekis a small stream or river.
  1. Follow Austin Creek for a few miles.
     沿着奥斯汀河走上几英里。
• 处于困境(或窘境);犯错误
  If someone isup the creek, they are in a bad or difficult situation, or are wrong in some way. You can also say that someone isup the creek without a paddle.

双语例句

• Occurs in brackish waters of tidal creeks and river mouths, usually among mangroves.
  出现于潮汐小溪与河口的半咸淡水域，通常在红树林之中。
• They are commonly found in lakes, rivers, creeks, hot springs and other bodies of water.
  它们通常存在于湖泊、河流、小溪、温泉及其它水域中。
• The Pilbara the word is Aboriginal for mullet, a type of fish running in the mountain creeks is both the end of the earth and the wellspring of Australia's future.
  皮尔巴拉在当地土语里是“鲻鱼”的意思，指一种在山涧里游走的鱼。现实中，皮尔巴拉既象征着土地的尽头，也象征着澳大利亚未来财富的源泉。
• Used to paddling in steep, narrow creeks, I found this experience unnerving and awkward.
  习惯了在陡峭、狭窄的小河上涉水，我发现这种体验会让人丧失勇气，而且并不雅观。
• Lonely creeks are opal in the dawn, sword-blue in the sun, grayly silver under misty moons.
  偏僻的小溪黎明的时候是乳白色的，阳光下是剑蓝色，朦胧的月色下则呈银灰色。
• Along the mangrove waterways, creeks and estuarine waters, a rich tradition of artisanal mariculture has evolved and fish constitutes an important part of the peoples'protein supply.
  沿着红树林水道、溪流和河口水域形成了传统的手工海水养殖。养殖的鱼成为当地人们蛋白质来源的重要部分。
• There are no creeks around here, not for miles.
  这附近方圆几哩都没小河。
• There were many creeks in this mountainous region, and it was necessary to cross Muddy Creek, Green Creek and others, upon culverts.
  在这一带山区，河川很多，铁路必须从污水河、清水河以及其他河流的小桥上穿过。
• Shrimps are usually caught with push nets along shallow creeks within the mangroves and by off-shore trawlers.
  虾通常在红树林浅湾用推网和近海拖捞船捕获。
• In small, modular refineries they are producing kerosene and other fuel and selling to the local market from so-called mushroom enterprises in the creeks and swamps.
  他们在小型标准化炼厂生产煤油及其它燃料，然后从位于溪谷和沼泽的无数所谓的小作坊，把它们出售给当地市场。