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

• That would almost be murder, and so I wait until the first night frost anaesthetizes all the flowers with a cold, creaky crust that causes them to wither;
  我情愿等到寒霜初降，用那凛冽的薄冰麻醉了花儿，让她们慢慢的枯萎，死去。
• 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。
• The bee has creaky wings and thanks to the Velcro it can be detached and re-attached to the flower.
  小蜜蜂的翅膀可以发出叽叽嘎嘎的声音，它可以从花上拆下来。
• This helped transform them from creaky relics of Soviet-style central planning to leaner businesses with a sharper commercial focus.
  此举把这些银行从摇摇欲坠的苏式中央计划经济残留，改造为更精简、更专注于商业业务的企业。
• 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。
• They were alerted by the creaking gate; creaky stairs.
  他们被吱吱作响的门警醒了；叽叽嘎嘎响的楼梯。
• 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 whole court system is becoming more creaky and inefficient.
  整个庭审制度变得老朽过时，没有效率。
• It would also beef up China Eastern's creaky balance sheet and help it compete with rivals, such as a newly forged alliance between Beijing-based Air China and Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways.
  这也会减轻东航严重的负债情况，帮助它与竞争对手，如新近位于北京的国航和位于香港的国泰结成的联盟的竞争。
• 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。