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squeak

verb
🔊/skwiːk/
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they squeak
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he / she / it squeaks
🔊/skwiːks/
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past simple squeaked
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past participle squeaked
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-ing form squeaking
🔊/ˈskwiːkɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] to make a short high sound that is not very loud短促而尖厉地叫；吱吱叫；嘎吱作响
    • My new shoes squeak.我的新鞋走路嘎吱嘎吱响。🔊🔊
    • The mouse ran away, squeaking with fear.那只老鼠吓得尖叫着溜了。🔊🔊
    • One wheel makes a horrible squeaking noise.一个车轮发出讨厌的吱吱声。🔊🔊
    Topics Animalsc1
  2. [transitive, intransitive] (+ speech) to speak in a very high voice, especially when you are nervous or excited（尤指紧张或激动时）尖声说话
    • ‘Let go of me!’ he squeaked nervously.“放开我！” 他紧张地尖叫道。🔊🔊
  3. [intransitive] + adv./prep. to only just manage to win something, pass a test, etc.勉强通过；侥幸成功；险胜
    • We squeaked into the final with a goal in the last minute.我们靠最后一分钟的进球得分侥幸进入决赛。🔊🔊
    • The gun control measures narrowly squeaked through Congress.国会通过的枪支管制措施已微不足道。
    • The socialist party squeaked home with a majority of just two seats.社会主义党以只有两个席位的多数席位挤进了家。
    4. Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): imitative; compare with Swedish skväka ‘croak’, also with squeal and shriek. The noun dates from the early 17th cent.

squeak

noun
🔊/skwiːk/
🔊/skwiːk/
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  1. a short, high call or sound, that is not usually very loud短促而尖厉的叫声；吱吱声；尖叫声
    • the squeak of a mouse老鼠的吱吱叫声
    • Shirley gave a little squeak of surprise.雪莉轻轻地惊叫了一声。
    see also bubble and squeak
    Extra Examples
    • The door opened with a squeak.门咯吱一声开了。
    • The situation was allowed to continue without a squeak of protest from the government.政府没有作出任何抗议的表示，这一事态得以持续下去。
    • the squeak of rubber soles on the wooden floor橡胶鞋底踩在木地板上的咯吱声
    Topics Animalsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • little
    • small
    • high
    • …
    verb + squeak
    • give
    • let out
    • hear
    • …
    preposition
    • with a squeak
    • squeak of
    phrases
    • not a squeak
    • a squeak of protest
    • a squeak of surprise
    • …
    See full entry
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    Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): imitative; compare with Swedish skväka ‘croak’, also with squeal and shriek. The noun dates from the early 17th cent.