creak

verb

1. 嘎吱作响（开门或踩上木地板等时发出的声音）
   to make the sound that a door sometimes makes when you open it or that a wooden floor sometimes makes when you step on it
   1. She heard a floorboard creak upstairs.
      她听见楼上的地板发出嘎吱嘎吱的响声。
   2. a creaking bed/gate/stair
      嘎吱作响的床 / 大门 / 楼梯
   3. The table creaked and groaned under the weight.
      那张桌子在重压下嘎吱嘎吱作响。
   4. The door creaked open.
      门嘎吱一声开了。

noun

1. 嘎吱声
   a sound, for example that sometimes made by a door when it opens or shuts, or by a wooden floor when you step on it
   1. the creak/creaking of the door
      门的嘎吱声
   2. Distant creaks and groans echoed eerily along the dark corridors.
      远处嘎吱嘎吱的声音回响在漆黑的走廊里，怪可怕的。

1. VERB 嘎吱作响
   If something creaks, it makes a short, high-pitched sound when it moves.
   1. The bed-springs creaked...
      床垫的弹簧嘎吱作响。
   2. The steps creaked beneath his feet...
      楼梯在他脚下嘎吱作响。
   3. The door creaked open...
      门嘎吱一声开了。
   4. ...the creaking stairs.
      嘎吱作响的楼梯
   5. Creak is also a noun.
      
   6. The door was pulled open with a creak.
      门嘎吱一声被拉开了。

1. The bed-springs creaked
   床垫的弹簧嘎吱作响。
2. The steps creaked beneath his feet
   楼梯在他脚下嘎吱作响。
3. The door creaked open
   门嘎吱一声开了。
4. The timbers groan and creak and the floorboards shift.
   这些木头在吱吱嘎嘎作响，木地板有些摇晃。
5. Ugh! how I creak; now I shall certainly get the gout, like the old clothespress, ugh!
   像那个老碗柜一样，我想我一定得了痛风病！我背上得了痛风病，噢！
6. And, when a house is settling, your floor boards will creak eerily.
   家中的地板也有可能发出诡异的吱嘎声。
7. Over the past year a co-operative world order built around trade and the rule of law has begun to creak and strain.
   过去一年里，围绕贸易和法治建立的全球合作秩序开始变得不稳定和紧张。
8. Except for the creak of the rowlocks and the splash of the oars there was nothing to show that they were moving at all.
   除了桨架吱吱嘎嘎，桨板哗啦哗啦的声音之外，一点也看不出船身在行动。
9. Suddenly he heard the door creak and saw his brother enter.
   突然他听到门“吱”地一声开了，他弟弟走了进来。
10. The room started to sway, to shiver and creak.
    这个房间开始膨胀，颤抖并且咯吱作响。
11. Each creak of the house made my heart stand still.
    屋子里一出现吱吱嘎嘎的声音就会叫我的心脏静止。
12. I felt a thrill of terror as the door began to creak open.
    当门开始嘎吱一下打开时，我感到一阵恐怖袭上心头。
13. The door opened with a creak.
    那扇门嘎地一声开了。
14. I opened it with a creak, and the crying stopped.
    门吱嘎一声打开了，哭声也停了。
15. Our favorite is the mouse gun, it flew out when it comes to "creak" manner audible.
    我们最喜欢的是老鼠炮，它飞出去的时候还“吱吱”地发出声响。
16. They walked slowly along creak's path.
    他们沿着克里克小径慢慢地行走。
17. Tsai Chen stretched, then turned and threw herself heavily on the bed again, making it creak noisily.
    蔡真伸一个懒腰，转身就又倒在床上，那床架震得很响。
18. US households and businesses already creak under the weight of their debts.
    美国家庭和企业已经不堪债务重负。
19. She heard the bamboo door creak and looked round-her daughter's head, all bloody, was rolling across the floor towards her bed!
    她又听得竹门响，她又看见女儿的头血淋淋地滚到竹榻边！
20. Old dwelling Wooden staircases, with the noise of creak when you set foot on it.
    《老宅院》木质的楼梯，踏上去咯吱咯吱地作响。
21. The floorboards creak when you walk on them.
    地板在你的脚下吱吱作响。
22. Now, three hours later, he was almost finished when suddenly, he heard a loud creak.
    3个小时以后，就在活儿快要干完的时候，他突然听到嘎的一声巨响。
23. But after some time, I found the drafts make moaning noises more than peaceful whistles, the floorboards creak an irritating, and rather unnerving sound, and the cozy little walls to be suffocating.
    过了一段时间，我发现那冷风发出的声音远不是口哨般宁静，而是一种类似于呻吟的噪声。地板吱吱作响，发出让人恼怒不知所措的声音。
24. The first creak of the oak startled him like an electric shock! The light leaped from his hold to a distance of some feet, and his agitation was so extreme, that he could hardly pick it up.
    那橡木门第一声轧的一响吓得他像是触电一样：手里的蜡烛跳出来有几尺远，他激动得这么厉害，以至于他连拾也拾不起来。
25. Pushcarts creak from house to house along the posh suburban roads, and every bad snowstorm is a disaster.
    手推车挨家挨户嘎吱在城郊漂亮的路上，每一次暴风雪都是灾难。
26. The bamboo door gave a muffled creak.
    竹门轻轻地呀了一声。
27. The folded doors creak open, and a six-year-old boy hops off, followed by his mom.
    折叠门在辗轧声中打开，一个六岁的男孩跳着走了下来，接着是他的妈妈。
28. I heard the floorboards creak by my bed where my head was laying exposed, I still couldn't move.
    我听到头边的地板吱吱作响，但还是不敢动。
29. A wind was springing up outside, making the tall old trees in the garden creak their leafless boughs.
    户外正起风，刮得园子里几棵高高的老树光秃秃的枝桠嘎啦啦响。
30. I heard a floorboard creak in the next room.
    我听到隔壁房一块地板发出咯吱的响声。

v.

creak under the strain

• 因负担过重而效率低下；由于压力过大而运转不灵
  if a system or service creaks under the strain , it cannot deal effectively with all the things it is expected to do or provide

noun

1. a squeaking sound
   1. the creak of the floorboards gave him away

   Synonym:    creaking

verb

1. make a high-pitched, screeching noise
   1. The door creaked when I opened it slowly
   2. My car engine makes a whining noise

   Synonym:    whinesqueakscreechscreakskreak