🇬🇧🇨🇳 creek - 溪 : English Lesson

Meaning of "creek" ("溪"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A creek is a small, skinny river where water gently flows; it’s usually shallow, you can often see the bottom, and animals like frogs, fish, and bugs love to live and splash around in it.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

We saw our teacher hiking by the creek, and my brain exploded: teachers actually leave school!

I tried to jump over the creek, but my shoe decided it wanted to live there forever.

A frog at the creek stared at me like I was the weird one for not living in mud.

My brother tried to impress us by jumping the creek and ended up inventing the belly-splash.

Some creeks are so small you can jump over them, but they’re still important highways for water, bugs, and little fish traveling around the world of nature.

A child chased a small dog along a sunlit track, then stopped at a shallow creek. The creek bubbled over stones; the dog licked the creek water. The child stepped across the creek on slim logs, then sat and dipped feet in the creek, smiling as the cool creek soothed a tired day.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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