squeak

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++squeak1 /skwiːk/ ●●○ verb  1  SOUND[intransitive] to make a short high noise or cry that is not loud 发出吱吱声[短促的尖叫声] A rat squeaked and ran into the bushes. 一只老鼠吱吱叫着跑进了灌木丛。 The door squeaked open. 门吱呀一声开了。2  [intransitive, transitive] to say something in a very high voice, especially because you are nervous or excited 〔尤因紧张或激动〕尖叫，尖声说（话） ‘Too late!’ she squeaked. “太晚了！”她尖叫道。3  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] informalJUST/ALMOST NOT to succeed, win, or pass a test by a very small amount so that you only just avoid failure 侥幸成功；险胜；勉强通过〔测试〕 SYN scrapesqueak through/by/past/in She just squeaked through her math test. 她数学测验只是勉强及格。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

squeak• Is that your chair squeaking?• He pinched the last quarter inch of his cigarette tightly, and sucked on it so hard it squeaked.• The door doesn't squeak, either, and it's ever so quiet and peaceful.• How the sly one squeaked, howled, sizzled, hissed, and swelled his hairy carapace!• If he had, Burke's kick might have squeaked in.• His chair squeaked loudly as he swivelled round to face me.• Kramer's running shoes squeaked on the marble floor.• The rubber soles of my shoes squeaked on the shiny floor.• There has also been a miraculous rise of the Liberals from the ashes - they may just squeak past 5 percent themselves.• A fourth squeaked through on a single disputed vote.• The front door squeaks to a close and eyes need a few seconds to adjust to the dim interior.squeak through/by/past/in• There has also been a miraculous rise of the Liberals from the ashes - they may just squeak past 5 percent themselves.• If he had, Burke's kick might have squeaked in.• The irony of all this is that he scored incredibly high on the LSATs, and I just squeaked by.• New York Head Start programs also were squeaking by, but funding could dry up by the end of January.• As it squeaked past he darted out of his hiding place and leapt on to it, squeezing himself amongst the bottles.• The bedsprings squeaked in mousy protest.• A fourth squeaked through on a single disputed vote.• But legislation authorizing the tax cut squeaked through the Republican-controlled Assembly and was blocked by Senate Democrats.squeak2 noun [countable]  1  HIGH SOUND OR VOICESOUNDa very short high noise or cry 吱吱声，短促的尖叫声 SYN squealsqueak of a squeak of alarm 闹钟短促的响声 the high-pitched squeak of a bat 蝙蝠的尖叫声► see thesaurus at sound2  not a squeak if there is not a squeak from someone, they do not say anything or communicate at all 一言不发；毫无音讯 We didn’t hear a squeak from him in months. 我们几个月都没有他的任何消息。

Examples from the Corpus

squeak• Three rides he had today, for three different trainers, and not one of them had a squeak.• Not a squeak did we hear.• Why are their forays to and above the leaf surface accompanied by squeaks and peeps?• It was a narrow squeak for the mahogany glider.• Complaints: Occasional squeaks emanating from front breaks.• The only sound is the soft squeak of the marker on the board.• The rest of us heard a thin squeak, and started calling for her as she had vanished from sight.• Bats flittered about him; their warning squeaks sounded like chalk on a blackboard.• What seemed a single animal is now known to be two, distinct in their genes and with squeaks of different pitch.Origin squeak1 (1300-1400) From the sound

squeak1 verbsqueak2 nounChinese  

that high to Corpus make or noise a short cry

squeak

I

squeak¹ /skwiːk/ verb1. [intransitive] to make a short high noise or cry that is not loud:
    A rat squeaked and ran into the bushes.
    The door squeaked open.
2. [intransitive and transitive] to say something in a very high voice, especially because you are nervous or excited:
    ‘Too late!’ she squeaked.
3. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] informal to succeed, win, or pass a test by a very small amount so that you only just avoid failure
   SYN  scrape
    squeak through/by/past/in
    She just squeaked through her math test.

II

squeak² noun [countable]
1. a very short high noise or cry
   SYN  squeal
    squeak of
    a squeak of alarm
    the high-pitched squeak of a bat
2. not a squeak if there is not a squeak from someone, they do not say anything or communicate at all:
    We didn’t hear a squeak from him in months.
     

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.