an inlet in a shoreline, channel in a marsh, or other narrow, sheltered waterway 小港;小湾 ■(N. Amer. & Austral./NZ)a stream, brook, or minor tributary of a river (北美,澳/新西兰)小溪;小河;(河)小支流
常用词组 be up the creek informal 非正式
(亦作 be up the creek without a paddle)be in severe difficulty or trouble, especially with no means of extricating oneself from it 陷入困境的;走投无路的
(Brit.) stupid or misguided (英)愚蠢的;误入歧途的
be up shit creek
见 shit
语源
Middle English: from Old French crique or from Old Norse kriki 'nook'; perhaps reinforced by Middle Dutch krēkeof; of unknown ultimate origin