creak英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.

— I won't say that I didn't close my eyes for a minute through the whole night, but if I did sleep it was only as a watchdog sleeps. A whisper or a creak of a board would have found me alert.

动词 v.

To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances. intransitive

— Then when the four ropes were arranged the coffin was placed upon them. He watched it descend; it seemed descending for ever. At last a thud was heard; the ropes creaked as they were drawn up.
To produce a creaking sound with. transitive

— Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry.
To suffer from strain or old age. figuratively,intransitive

— Fascinating though this high-minded re-reading was, certain crucial joints of the play creaked a good deal under the strain.

词形变化

creaks plural crik alternative,obsolete creaks present,singular,third-person creaking participle,present creaked participle,past creaked past crik alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词

acreak a creaking door hangs longest a creaking door hangs long on its hinges creaker creakingly creaky

词源

词源 1

From Middle English creken, criken, metathesis of Old English cearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash, gnash”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn (“to crash, crack, creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to make a sound, cry hoarsely”), ultimately of imitative origin.
Compare also Old English crǣccettan, crācettan (“to croak”), Albanian grykë (“throat”). More at crack.

词源 2

From Middle English creken, criken, metathesis of Old English cearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash, gnash”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn (“to crash, crack, creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to make a sound, cry hoarsely”), ultimately of imitative origin.
Compare also Old English crǣccettan, crācettan (“to croak”), Albanian grykë (“throat”). More at crack.