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小词详解 | creak
creak 英 [kriːk] 美 [kriːk]
The global framework for taxing international companies, based largely on thousands of bilateral treaties, has been creaking for decades.
对国际性企业征税的全球框架大体上基于成千上万条双边协定,几十年来一直摇摇欲坠。
——《经济学人》Few dispute that Britain’s creaking rail network needs an update.
少数人辩称,英国老旧的铁路系统需要升级。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] (指物体或结构,通常是木制的)在被移动或施加压力或重量时发出刺耳的高音
门打开时合页处嘎吱作响。为什么不在门底下塞一个楔子让门敞开着呢?
The door creaks on its hinges. Why not push a wedge under the door to keep it open?门口站着一个鬼鬼祟祟的人,屋里的亮光映衬出他的轮廓。他蹑手蹑脚走近时我听见地板嘎吱嘎吱地响。
A furtive figure stood in the doorway, silhouetted against the light. I heard the floorboards creak as he crept closer.
这个故事情节发展缓慢,结局平淡无奇。
The story creaks along to a banal conclusion.
在人口增长的压力下,为病人和穷人建立的保障措施开始运转不灵。
The safety net for the sick and destitute, were starting to creak under the strain of population increase.
Harry heard a door creak open, and then someone speaking in a hoarse whisper.
哈利听见一扇门吱呀一声开了,然后有人用沙哑的嗓音低声说话。
squeak: make a high-pitched sound or cry groan: (of a thing) make a low creaking or moaning sound when pressure or weight is applied grate: make an unpleasant rasping sound