a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river);
"the creek dried up every summer"
any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma
双语例句
1. He was transferred to Shoal Creek Mental Institution for an indefinite period.
他被转到了肖尔溪精神病院，要在那里无限期地呆下去。
来自柯林斯例句
2. It was still light when we arrived at Lalong Creek.
我们到达拉隆溪时天还没黑。
来自柯林斯例句
3. People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.
人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. I'll be up the creek if I don't pass this history test.
我若不能通过这次历史考试,麻烦可就大了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. He sprang through the creek.
他跳过小河.
来自《简明英汉词典》
用作名词 (n.)
It will be absolutely necessary that the place you may select have a small harbor, creek, or bay, into which my corvette can enter and remain at anchor. 你挑选的地方务必要有一个小港，小溪或小湾，可以让我的帆船进去抛锚。
There are often wild ducks swimming in the creek. 小溪中常有野鸭戏水。
Eddie's going to lure Courtney down to Muddy Creek. 艾迪去把卡特妮引诱下来使小溪污浊。
用作名词 (n.)
The area was originally occupied by the native Creek and Cherokee Indians who had lived in the region for centuries. 几世纪以来，这里原先是当地印第安克里克族和切罗基族的居住地。
用作名词 (n.)
They went past the lighthouse down towards the creek. 他们绕过灯塔又顺流向港湾驶去。
The rubbish had dammed up the creek so that it had overflowed. 垃圾堵塞了河流，致使溪水外溢。
用法讲解
n. (名词)
creek, branch, brook, canal, river, stream, torrent
