Creaking
[kri:kɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Creak
(n.) A harsh grating or squeaking sound, or the act of making such a sound.
校對:谢尔曼
例句/造句/用法:
- When I awoke, the wind had risen, and the sign of the house (the Ship) was creaking and banging about, with noises that startled me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- In a few minutes after, I heard the creaking of my door, as if some one endeavoured to open it softly. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- As for hindrance to this step, there offered not so much as a creaking hinge or a clicking latch. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Then I heard a gentle creaking as the window was very slowly opened. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Mrs. Snagsby is so perpetually on the alert that the house becomes ghostly with creaking boards and rustling garments. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The creaking of the masts, the clang of the wheels, the tramp above, all persuaded her that she was already far from the shores of Greece. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I like the wind in the high trees and the creaking they make against each other. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Fagin laughed; and making some reply which did not reach her, seemed, by the creaking of the boards, to lead his companion to the second story. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Briggs too well heard the creaking Firkin descend the stairs, and the clink of the spoon and gruel-basin the neglected female carried. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- There was a long pause, during which we held our breath, and then a very gentle creaking sound came to our ears. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- At last however about two in the morning, I suddenly heard the gentle sound of a bolt being pushed back and the creaking of a key. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- And so he struggled to encompass a similar hold with the left hand, and in a few moments Terkoz's bull neck was creaking beneath a full-Nelson. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The massy portals of the churches swung creaking on their hinges; and some few lay dead on the pavement. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- It is my strong impression that I heard it, and yet, among the crash of the gale and the creaking of an old house, I may possibly have been deceived. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- At last, we heard the creaking of heavy boots descending the stairs. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
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