(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Creak

(n.) A harsh grating or squeaking sound, or the act of making such a sound.

校對(duì):謝爾曼

• 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. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 遠(yuǎn)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. 阿瑟·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. 查爾斯·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. 最后一個(gè)人.
• I like the wind in the high trees and the creaking they make against each other. 歐內(nèi)斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰(shuí)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. 查爾斯·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(chǎng).
• There was a long pause, during which we held our breath, and then a very gentle creaking sound came to our ears. 阿瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來(lái)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. 阿瑟·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. 埃德加·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. 最后一個(gè)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. 阿瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險(xiǎn)記.
• At last, we heard the creaking of heavy boots descending the stairs. 哈里特·威爾遜. 哈里特·威爾遜回憶錄.

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