creaky

英 [ˈkriːki]

美 [ˈkriːki]

adj.  嘎吱作响的; 老朽的; 破旧的; 摇摇欲坠的

BNC.33303 / COCA.20154

牛津词典

adj.

• 嘎吱作响的
  making creaks
  1. a creaky old chair
     嘎吱作响的旧椅子
• 老朽的；破旧的；摇摇欲坠的
  old and not in good condition
  1. the country's creaky legal machinery
     这个国家摇摇欲坠的司法机构

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 嘎吱作响的
  Acreakyobject creaks when it moves.
  1. She pushed open a creaky door.
     她推开一扇嘎吱作响的门。
• ADJ-GRADED 老朽的;破旧的;不时兴的
  If you describe something ascreaky, you think it is bad in some way because it is old or old-fashioned.
  1. ...its creaky and corrupt political system.
     它陈旧而腐朽的政治体系
  2. ...this creaky old British thriller.
     这本老掉牙的英国惊险小说

英英释义

adj

• of or pertaining to arthritis
  1. my creaky old joints
  2. rheumy with age and grief
  Synonym:arthriticrheumaticrheumatoidrheumy
• having a rasping or grating sound
  1. creaky stairs
  Synonym:screaky
• worn and broken down by hard use
  1. a creaky shack
  2. a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape
  3. a flea-bitten sofa
  4. a run-down neighborhood
  5. a woebegone old shack
  Synonym:decrepitderelictflea-bittenrun-downwoebegone

双语例句

• I imagined myself walking up the creaky stairs to my attic, turning on my trusted personal computer and downloading that film& come hell, high water or Axis-of-Evil hackers.
  我想象自己走上摇摇欲坠的楼梯，进入我的阁楼，打开我忠心耿耿的个人电脑，开始下载这部电影&不论遇到地狱、洪水，还是邪恶轴心的黑客。
• He was careful on the creaky stairs.
  他走在嘎吱嘎吱作响的楼梯上很当心。
• Taking the Southeast Asia country and the area as representative's family monitoring pattern was creaky in the financial crisis a little while ago.
  以东南亚国家和地区为代表的家族治理模式在前不久的金融危机中更是摇摇欲坠。
• Behind the creaky knees and forgetfulness of aging is a failure of tissues throughout the body to repair themselves when damaged.
  预防癌症的代价腰腿不灵便和头脑健忘是年老的必然，在这些表象下是机体全身的损伤修复功能的衰弱。
• As the job market slowly begins to pick up, hiring managers are breaking out their creaky interviewing skills.
  随着就业市场日渐转好，招聘经理们又准备拿出他们那套老掉牙的面试技巧登台亮相了。
• Tristan wanted to be in The Creaky House Club.
  特里斯坦想成为CreakyHouse俱乐部的一员。
• China's cash crunch has whipsawed stock and bond markets and exposed flaws in China's creaky financial system.
  中国现金荒已经对股市和债市带来冲击，并且暴露出中国破败的金融体系的缺陷。
• The chair was hard and mean and creaky.
  椅子又硬又不舒服，还吱呀发响。
• My creaky old joints.
  我那有关节炎的老骨头。
• If he went through a door, which made a creaky noise, he would pour some oil on the hinge.
  如果他走过一扇门，门上发出嘎吱的响声，他就会在铰链上倒一点油。