creek

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small inlet, often saltwater, leading to the sea or to the main channel of a river, especially a river estuary. UK
    — Seven miles to the north of Venice, the banks of sand, which near the city rise little above low-water mark, attain by degrees a higher level, and knit themselves at last into fields of salt morass, raised here and there into shapeless mounds, and intercepted by narrow creeks of sea.
  2. The inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats. UK
  3. A stream of water, typically a stream of freshwater smaller than a river; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water. Australia,Canada,New-Zealand,US
    — We all feel it Looming, even when we're awake, out there ahead someplace, the way you come to feel a River or Creek ahead, before anything else,— sound, sky, vegetation,— may have announced it.
  4. Any turn or winding.

词形变化

creeks plural crick alternative,Canada,US,dialectal crike alternative,UK,dialectal,obsolete cryke alternative,UK,dialectal,obsolete crik alternative,pronunciation-spelling

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Acacia Creek Albany Creek Alice Creek Alligator Creek Alumy Creek Amamoor Creek Anna Creek Antietam Creek Apple Tree Creek Archies Creek Armstrong Creek Arthurs Creek Axe Creek Babyl Creek Back Creek Badger Creek Badgerys Creek Baerami Creek Baffle Creek Bakers Creek Bamboo Creek Bandy Creek Banks Creek Barker Creek Flat Barkers Creek Barking Creek Barretts Creek Batar Creek Battle Creek Bean Creek Bear Creek Beavercreek Beaver Creek Beelbi Creek Bees Creek Bella Creek Bellbird Creek Belle Creek Bells Creek Berrys Creek Beswick Creek Big Creek Big Jacks Creek Big Pats Creek Billys Creek Bingeebeebra Creek Black Creek Black Duck Creek Blackfellows Creek Blackwood Creek Blakney Creek Blaxlands Creek Bobs Creek Boeill Creek Bohena Creek Bombowlee Creek Bone Creek Booerie Creek Boomi Creek Borah Creek Boree Creek Bostocks Creek Bottle Creek Boulder Creek Bow Creek Bowmans Creek Boxers Creek Brady Creek Branch Creek Brandy Creek Brays Creek Breakaway Creek Breakfast Creek Bream Creek Bridge Creek Brogans Creek Brogers Creek Broken Creek Brown Hill Creek Browns Creek Brungle Creek Brush Creek Brushy Creek Buffalo Creek Bulla Creek Bullawa Creek Bull Creek Bulli Creek Bunya Creek Burnett Creek Burns Creek Burra Creek Burrell Creek Butchers Creek Byrrill Creek Cabbage Tree Creek Calico Creek Callaghans Creek Camerons Creek Campbell Creek Campbells Creek Camp Creek Canal Creek Canning Creek Cannon Creek Cannons Creek Canteen Creek Capeen Creek Captain Creek Carbine Creek Carneys Creek Carrolls Creek Carrs Creek Castle Creek Cattle Creek Cedar Brush Creek Cedar Creek Chandlers Creek Charley Creek Chasm Creek Cherry Creek Chilcotts Creek Chinghee Creek Chinle Creek Chowan Creek Christmas Creek Chum Creek Clara Creek Clarke Creek Clear Creek Clifton Creek Clothiers Creek Clouds Creek Coal Creek Cochranes Creek Coconut Creek Coes Creek Coghills Creek Coles Creek Collett Creek Collins Creek Commissioners Creek Cona Creek Coochin Creek Cooleys Creek Coomalie Creek Cooneys Creek Cooper's Creek Cowley Creek Cowleys Creek Coxs Creek Crabbes Creek Crayfish Creek creekbank creek bed creekbed creek boat creeker creekfish creekfront Creek Junction creekless creeklet creekline Creekmouth creek plum creekside Creek View creekward creekwards creekwater creeky Creightons Creek Cressbrook Creek Cripple Creek Crooked Creek Croppa Creek Cross Creek Crystal Creek Cudgera Creek Cudlee Creek Culmaran Creek Culmuran Creek Curra Creek Currency Creek Daadenning Creek Dales Creek Dalrymple Creek Damper Creek Darr Creek Darts Creek Davis Creek Dawson Creek Dead Nigger Creek Deep Creek Deer Creek Delaneys Creek Denicull Creek Devereux Creek Devils Creek Diamond Creek Dignams Creek Dirty Creek Dixons Creek Doctor Creek Donald Creek Dora Creek Doubtful Creek Dows Creek Doyles Creek Dry Creek Duck Creek Dumpy Creek Duncans Creek Duns Creek East Creek East Deep Creek Eastern Creek Eden Creek Edith Creek Eight Mile Creek Elaman Creek Emu Creek England Creek Etna Creek Eulah Creek Eungai Creek Fall Creek Falls Creek Farrars Creek Fentons Creek Fernbank Creek Ferny Creek Findon Creek Fish Creek Fitzgerald Creek Flaggy Creek Flagstone Creek Fletcher Creek Fly Creek Flynns Creek Forbes Creek Forest Creek Forge Creek Fortis Creek Four Mile Creek Frazers Creek Frenches Creek Freshwater Creek Furry Creek Fyans Creek Gaffneys Creek Garden Island Creek Geegully Creek Georges Creek German Creek Giants Creek Glen Creek Glennies Creek Godfreys Creek God willing and the creek don't rise Googa Creek Goorganga Creek Goose Creek Gorge Creek Gould Creek Gradys Creek Grahams Creek Green Creek Greens Creek Gregors Creek Groper Creek Gulf Creek Gum Creek Hail Creek Halfway Creek Halls Creek Haly Creek Hamilton Creek Hanleys Creek Havengore Creek Haw Creek Hawkins Creek Herons Creek Hickeys Creek Hines Creek Hoddles Creek Honey Creek Hopkins Creek Horse Creek Horseshoe Creek Horse Station Creek Hovells Creek Howes Creek Huon Creek Hutton Creek Hydes Creek Hyndmans Creek Icy Creek Iguana Creek Iron Pot Creek Ivory Creek Jacks Creek Jacob Creek James Creek Jarra Creek Jarvis Creek Joyces Creek Judds Creek Julia Creek Jupiter Creek Kandanga Creek Kangaroo Creek Kelsey Creek Kemps Creek Kennaicle Creek Kennedys Creek Kerrs Creek Kidaman Creek King Creek Kings Creek Knapp Creek Kobble Creek Kunghur Creek Laceys Creek Laguña Creek Laidley Creek West Lakes Creek Lances Creek Langhorne Creek Lankeys Creek Lee Creek Leigh Creek Leigh Creek Station Licking Creek Limeburners Creek Limestone Creek Lindesay Creek Little Back Creek Little Jacks Creek Lloyd Creek Lonesome Creek Lord willing and the creek don't rise Lost Creek Lotus Creek Louisa Creek Lower Acacia Creek Lower Bottle Creek Lower Creek Lower Duck Creek Lynchs Creek Mabel Creek Macdonalds Creek Machine Creek Macks Creek Mahogany Creek Main Creek Majors Creek Ma Ma Creek Mambray Creek Mangrove Creek Maple Creek Maramingo Creek Maria Creeks Marom Creek Martins Creek Marys Creek Maules Creek McCarrs Creek McHarg Creek McIntosh Creek McKenzie Creek McMahons Creek Meadow Creek Mena Creek Menzies Creek Merritts Creek Mica Creek Micket Creek Middle Creek Mill Creek Miry Creek Moggs Creek Mogo Creek Mole Creek Moleville Creek Mooney Mooney Creek Mooral Creek Moore Creek Mortons Creek Mosquito Creek Mountain Creek Mount Cole Creek Mp Creek Mulla Creek Mullett Creek Mullion Creek Mullumbimby Creek Mundic Creek Mungay Creek Munna Creek Murphys Creek Muscle Creek Myall Creek Myrtle Creek Newee Creek Nine Mile Creek Nobbys Creek North Deep Creek Nowhere Creek Nyrang Creek Oak Creek Oakey Creek Oaky Creek Oberne Creek Old Mill Creek Orange Creek Otter Creek Owens Creek Oyster Creek Pages Creek Paint Creek Palen Creek Panther Creek Paris Creek Peacock Creek Pearces Creek Pegs Creek Petticoat Creek Pheasant Creek Pie Creek Pierces Creek Pikes Creek Pincher Creek Pine Creek Pine Creek Station Pipe Creek Pipers Creek Plunketts Creek Pola Creek Porters Creek Possum Creek Pound Creek Powers Creek Prairie Creek Pryor Creek Punchs Creek Rapid Creek Redbank Creek Red Creek Reedy Creek Reids Creek Rendezvous Creek Repentance Creek Reserve Creek Riddells Creek Riggs Creek Ringtail Creek Rixs Creek Roche Creek Rock Creek Rocky Creek Rodgers Creek Roseberry Creek Ross Creek Rowlands Creek Ruby Creek run like a dry creek Running Creek Rush Creek Rushes Creek Salt Creek Sandy Creek Sawpit Creek Scott Creek Scotts Creek Scrubby Creek Scrub Creek Separation Creek Shady Creek Shark Creek Sharps Creek Sheans Creek Sheep Station Creek Silver Creek Simpkins Creek Simpsons Creek Sisters Creek Skenes Creek Skenes Creek North Slacks Creek Slaty Creek Smiths Creek Smythes Creek Soda Creek Soochow Creek Sorell Creek Spargo Creek Spicers Creek Spicketts Creek Splinter Creek Splitters Creek Split Yard Creek Spring Creek Steels Creek Stewart Creek Valley Stockyard Creek Stony Creek Stotts Creek Stow Creek Strath Creek Stuarts Creek Sturt Creek subcreek Sugarloaf Creek Sulphur Creek Summer Hill Creek Sunday Creek Sutherlands Creek Suzhou Creek Swan Creek Sweetmans Creek Swifts Creek Tabbil Creek Tamrookum Creek Tennant Creek Terania Creek Terrace Creek Thanes Creek Theresa Creek Thumb Creek Tilligerry Creek Timber Creek Titaatee Creek Toms Creek Tonghi Creek Torrens Creek Tothill Creek Trotter Creek Trunkey Creek Tuntable Creek Turkey Creek Turtons Creek Twelve Mile Creek Tyalgum Creek up a creek up a creek without a paddle upcreek Upper Coopers Creek Upper Cooyar Creek Upper Crystal Creek Upper Duck Creek Upper Eden Creek Upper Horseshoe Creek Upper Ryans Creek Upper Wilsons Creek up poo creek Upsalls Creek up shit creek up shit creek without a paddle up shit's creek up shit's creek without a paddle up the creek up the creek without a paddle Utchee Creek Valencia Creek Vance Creek Verges Creek Wallaces Creek Warragai Creek Warrah Creek Warrazambil Creek Warrell Creek Wascana Creek Watsons Creek Wattle Creek Webbers Creek Webbs Creek Welcome Creek Werris Creek West Creek Western Creek Weston Creek Wheeny Creek Whim Creek Whiska Creek Whiteheads Creek Whiteman Creek Wild Cattle Creek William Creek Willow Creek Wilson Creek Wilsons Creek Wise Creek Wisemans Creek Wolli Creek Wombat Creek Wongo Creek Wood Creek Woody Creek Woopen Creek Wrights Creek Wylie Creek Wyong Creek Yandina Creek Yandoo Creek Yankees Creek Yarra Creek Yaven Creek Yerong Creek Yippin Creek

词源

From Middle English crike, probably from Old Norse kriki, from Proto-Germanic *krikjô, variant of krekô, from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, to wind”); the modern form creek (already late Middle English creke) either reflects open-syllable lengthening of Middle English /i/ or reborrowing from Middle Dutch krēke., Compare typologically English bight, akin to bend, bow.
See also Old Dutch creka, crika (“inlet, cove, creek”), Medieval Latin creca, crica, kríkr (“angle, corner, nook, bay”), Old Norse kraki (“pole with a hook, anchor”), and possibly Old Norse krókr (“hook, bend, bight”). Modern cognates include West Frisian kreek (“creek”), Dutch kreek (“creek, cove, inlet, bight”), and French crique (“cove”) (borrowed from Germanic).
Early British colonists of Australia and the Americas used the term in the usual British way, to name inlets; as settlements followed the inlets upstream and inland, the names were retained and creek came to be used to refer to any small waterway. A similar semantic development occurred in Dutch and French, where the word originally meant "bay" but came to mean "stream" especially in the French and Dutch colonies (French Guiana, Dutch Guiana and Indonesia).
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