creak

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creak /kriːk/ ●○○ verb [intransitive]  CSOUNDif something such as a door, wooden floor, old bed, or stair creaks, it makes a long high noise when someone opens it, walks on it, sits on it etc 〔门、木地板、旧床、楼梯等〕嘎吱作响 The floorboards creaked as she walked across the room. 她穿过房间时地板嘎吱作响。 The door creaked open. 门嘎吱一声开了。► see thesaurus at sound —creak noun [countable]→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

creak• Listen with the ears of psychohistory, and you will hear the creaking.• In the hall the flooboards creaked and the walls were damp.• Meanwhile, that part of the building shifted, rising and falling with the seasons, and the floors creaked constantly.• Elsewhere in the financial system, the creaking noises are getting louder.• Down the street a gate creaked open then snapped shut.• The key clicked inside the lock and the door creaked open.• Then the gate creaked, setting off a drumroll in his heart.• Old panelling, creaking stairways and sloping floors remain.• The F2B creaked through a 180-degree turn and began photographing another strip.• The sky was clear, the stars were beautiful and the snow creaked underfoot.Origin creak (1300-1400) From the sound

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creak
creak /kriːk/ verb [intransitive] if something such as a door, wooden floor, old bed, or stair creaks, it makes a long high noise when someone opens it, walks on it, sits on it etc:
    The floorboards creaked as she walked across the room.
    The door creaked open.
—creak noun [countable]
     

THESAURUS

■ a high sound
   ▪ squeak a very short high sound or cry: I heard the squeak of his shoes on the tiled floor. | Annie gave a squeak of surprise.
   ▪ creak a long high sound that something makes when someone opens it, walks on it, sits on it etc - used especially about a door, wooden floor, bed, or stairs: the creak of floorboards | The door opened with a creak.
   ▪ screech a loud, long, unpleasantly high sound - used especially about someone’s voice, or about brakes, tyres etc: There was a screech of tyres followed by a bang. | She let out a screech of horror.
   ▪ beep (also bleep British English) a high electronic sound that a machine sends out, especially in order to attract someone’s attention: You’ll hear a bleep when the photocopier’s finished printing.