a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river);
"the creek dried up every summer"
any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma
例句
用作名词 (n.)
It will be absolutely necessary that the place you may select have a small harbor, creek, or bay, into which my corvette can enter and remain at anchor. 你挑选的地方务必要有一个小港，小溪或小湾，可以让我的帆船进去抛锚。
There are often wild ducks swimming in the creek. 小溪中常有野鸭戏水。
Eddie's going to lure Courtney down to Muddy Creek. 艾迪去把卡特妮引诱下来使小溪污浊。
用作名词 (n.)
The area was originally occupied by the native Creek and Cherokee Indians who had lived in the region for centuries. 几世纪以来，这里原先是当地印第安克里克族和切罗基族的居住地。
常见句型
用作名词 (n.)
They went past the lighthouse down towards the creek. 他们绕过灯塔又顺流向港湾驶去。
The rubbish had dammed up the creek so that it had overflowed. 垃圾堵塞了河流，致使溪水外溢。
美
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