an inlet in a shoreline, channel in a marsh, or other narrow, sheltered waterway
小港,小湾。
〈北美,澳/新西兰〉 溪,小河;(河的)支流。
a member of a confederacy of American Indian peoples of the south-eastern US in the 16th to 19th centuries. The power of the Creek Indians was broken in 1814;their descendants now live mainly in Oklahoma.
克里克人(16至19世纪居住在美国东南部的印第安部落联盟的成员;克里克印第安人的影响力于1814年遭削弱,他们的后代现主要居住在俄克拉何马州)。
[mass noun]the Muskogean language that was spoken by members of this confederacy
克里克语(克里克人说的马斯科吉语)。
of, relating to, or denoting this confederacy
(与)克里克联盟(有关)的。
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be up the creek informal 〈非正式〉1 (亦作be up the creek without a paddle ) be in severe difficulty or trouble, especially with no means of extricating oneself from it 处于困境(或麻烦)之中 -
2 Brit. stupid or misguided 〈英〉 愚蠢;被误导 -
be up shit creek 见SHIT .
"Middle English:from Old French