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Definition of creaky in English: creakyadjectivecreakier, creakiest ˈkriːkiˈkriki 1Making or liable to make a creaking sound when being moved or when pressure is applied. I climbed the creaky stairs 我爬上了嘎吱嘎吱作响的楼梯。 Example sentencesExamples - The stairs were dark and creaky, but when they reached the bottom, the children found themselves in a clean, well-lit room lined with dozens of large heated aquariums.
- The play, which runs until January 8, tells the story of an American family who move into a creaky old hall only to discover that they are not alone.
- As she walked up the old creaky stairs a sound caught Elizabeth's ears: the sound of a flutelike instrument playing a soft unfamiliar melody.
- I enjoyed having this historic house to myself, complete with creaky floorboards, winding stairs, several portraits and all the original door handles.
- Are the doors closing with a ‘click’ sound or making creaky noises?
- Aimee walked down the creaky stairs and raised her eyebrows.
- In the middle of her pacing, she heard creaky sounds coming from outside.
- I made my way painfully along the small hallway and down the creaky stairs towards the front door.
- Then there were sounds like soft footfalls which started in the area of the tower, then moved across the creaky boards of the attic.
- I looked to the left, the creaky stairs and the door shut tight.
- Careful to avoid making too much noise as I crept up the creaky stairs, I made my way to the one area of the flat that I'd not yet been: Tristan's quarters.
- I ignored the eyes that followed us as we descended the creaky stairs, but my hands clutched slightly tighter.
- As soon as she was dressed, Adrianna walked down the creaky stairs and into the living room.
- It didn't sound like the creaky door, or even footsteps on the dusty floor.
- To the left were old creaky looking stairs, going to the second floor.
- He slowly crept up the creaky wooden stairs to the moldy second floor hallway.
- The creaky sound of the blocks rubbing together and the icy, stale air that surrounded the seaside still remain a vague childhood memory in my head.
- Jacob ascended the creaky stairs on his way to Peter's apartment.
- There was a creaky sound and then the mesh door swung open.
- I head up the creaky stairs that scream silently in my ears.
- 1.1 (of a voice) producing a harsh, high-pitched sound.
（嗓音）沙哑的，嘶哑的 ‘We don't know, do we’, he said, creaky with self-restraint Example sentencesExamples - The world sounded with the creaky, whispery voices of the trees and the low, grating language of the stones, and all was well.
- Muscles groaned as they were used one more time, and his creaky voice almost didn't make it out.
- Despite the fact the volume has to be cranked for anything at all to be heard, dialogue comes through fine, but the score sounds creaky and shrill.
- ‘You know that I started this town, men,’ he said in his creaky old voice.
- The thing's creaky voice was a cross between nails on a blackboard and a door that seriously needed oiling.
Synonyms harsh, grating, jarring, raspy, discordant, dissonant, scratchy
2Old-fashioned or decrepit. 〈喻〉显得过时的；老朽的；破旧的 the country's creaky legal system 该国过时的法制系统。 Example sentencesExamples - I waited an hour in a line that didn't move in the creaky airport in Accra.
- The creaky machinery of the legal thriller makes you yearn for a big payoff - but no one, except poor Sheila, goes to jail.
- Declan pushed her into a creaky old elevator, holding her tightly as it started moving upwards.
- Outside London, no professional police force was in place and the mechanisms of control available to the authorities were old-fashioned and creaky.
- It's feeling a little old and decrepit and creaky.
Synonyms old-fashioned, outmoded, out of fashion, out of date, unfashionable, frumpish, frumpy, out of style, outdated, dated, out, outworn, old, former, dead, musty, old-time, old-world, behindhand, past, bygone, archaic, obsolescent, obsolete, ancient, antiquated, superannuated
Derivativesadverb After moments of pause, the large wooden door creakily opened and a small feminine Chinese figure appeared. Example sentencesExamples - Timidly, I pulled it, and a trap door opened creakily.
- The weather-beaten sign that swung creakily above the doorway read ‘The Wailing Widow’.
- Well, to anyone who didn't see that plot twist coming creakily down the pike, I very much envy your ability to be continually surprised at the movies.
- The floorboards were surprisingly strong, their tops layered with dust but barely threatening any give as she moved creakily across them.
noun This is just one area in which the creakiness of the plot is obvious, this theme is never developed. Example sentencesExamples - He had an odd complacency and crooked smile for the creakiness of fate which had returned him here.
- Some of the apparent creakiness of the plot turns out to be a bit of a double bluff, and the book rattles along quite painlessly for some 500 pages.
- The trademark creakiness was gone, replaced by an infectious energy and vitality sorely lacking in most musicals of the time.
Rhymesbeaky, cheeky, cliquey, cock-a-leekie, freaky, Geikie, Kon-Tiki, Leakey, leaky, peaky, reeky, sleeky, sneaky, squeaky, streaky, Thessaloníki, tiki, tzatziki Definition of creaky in US English: creakyadjectiveˈkrikiˈkrēkē 1(of an object, typically a wooden one) making or liable to make a harsh, high-pitched sound when being moved or when pressure or weight is applied. （常指木制品被搬动、受压或受力时）嘎吱嘎吱作响的；易于发出嘎吱嘎吱声的 I climbed the creaky stairs 我爬上了嘎吱嘎吱作响的楼梯。 Example sentencesExamples - I ignored the eyes that followed us as we descended the creaky stairs, but my hands clutched slightly tighter.
- There was a creaky sound and then the mesh door swung open.
- In the middle of her pacing, she heard creaky sounds coming from outside.
- The stairs were dark and creaky, but when they reached the bottom, the children found themselves in a clean, well-lit room lined with dozens of large heated aquariums.
- The play, which runs until January 8, tells the story of an American family who move into a creaky old hall only to discover that they are not alone.
- Are the doors closing with a ‘click’ sound or making creaky noises?
- As soon as she was dressed, Adrianna walked down the creaky stairs and into the living room.
- It didn't sound like the creaky door, or even footsteps on the dusty floor.
- Jacob ascended the creaky stairs on his way to Peter's apartment.
- I enjoyed having this historic house to myself, complete with creaky floorboards, winding stairs, several portraits and all the original door handles.
- As she walked up the old creaky stairs a sound caught Elizabeth's ears: the sound of a flutelike instrument playing a soft unfamiliar melody.
- I looked to the left, the creaky stairs and the door shut tight.
- I made my way painfully along the small hallway and down the creaky stairs towards the front door.
- The creaky sound of the blocks rubbing together and the icy, stale air that surrounded the seaside still remain a vague childhood memory in my head.
- Then there were sounds like soft footfalls which started in the area of the tower, then moved across the creaky boards of the attic.
- Careful to avoid making too much noise as I crept up the creaky stairs, I made my way to the one area of the flat that I'd not yet been: Tristan's quarters.
- Aimee walked down the creaky stairs and raised her eyebrows.
- I head up the creaky stairs that scream silently in my ears.
- To the left were old creaky looking stairs, going to the second floor.
- He slowly crept up the creaky wooden stairs to the moldy second floor hallway.
- 1.1 (of a voice) producing a harsh, high-pitched sound.
（嗓音）沙哑的，嘶哑的 Example sentencesExamples - The thing's creaky voice was a cross between nails on a blackboard and a door that seriously needed oiling.
- Despite the fact the volume has to be cranked for anything at all to be heard, dialogue comes through fine, but the score sounds creaky and shrill.
- ‘You know that I started this town, men,’ he said in his creaky old voice.
- Muscles groaned as they were used one more time, and his creaky voice almost didn't make it out.
- The world sounded with the creaky, whispery voices of the trees and the low, grating language of the stones, and all was well.
Synonyms harsh, grating, jarring, raspy, discordant, dissonant, scratchy
2Old-fashioned or decrepit. 〈喻〉显得过时的；老朽的；破旧的 the country's creaky legal system 该国过时的法制系统。 Example sentencesExamples - It's feeling a little old and decrepit and creaky.
- Outside London, no professional police force was in place and the mechanisms of control available to the authorities were old-fashioned and creaky.
- Declan pushed her into a creaky old elevator, holding her tightly as it started moving upwards.
- I waited an hour in a line that didn't move in the creaky airport in Accra.
- The creaky machinery of the legal thriller makes you yearn for a big payoff - but no one, except poor Sheila, goes to jail.
Synonyms old-fashioned, outmoded, out of fashion, out of date, unfashionable, frumpish, frumpy, out of style, outdated, dated, out, outworn, old, former, dead, musty, old-time, old-world, behindhand, past, bygone, archaic, obsolescent, obsolete, ancient, antiquated, superannuated
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