creek
UKkriːk
USkri:k
معنی فارسی
خور کنج دريا خليج کوچک مرداب
معنی کامل و مثالها
/krēk, krik/n.
● نهر، فرکند، ارغاب، مادی
women were washing dishes in the creek
زنها در نهر ظرف میشستند.
● (انگلیس) خور، شاخابه، آبنای، خلیج کوچک
* up the creek
(امریکا ـ خودمانی) در مهلکه، دچار دردسر
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Old Norse kriki, meaning corner or nook.
مثال
- The children love to play by the creek.
- We followed the path along the creek.
- The creek is dry during the summer.
ترکیبهای رایج
small creek dry creek mountain creek shallow creek babbling creek
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) “the creek dried up every summer”
noun
- any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma
مترادفها
noun
1. Inlet, cove, bight, small bay.
2. Rivulet, small river.