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squeaking
squeaky
  1. You should oil the sewing machine to stop the squeaking.
    应该缝纫点油,轧轧声。
  2. Can you hear the mice squeaking?
    老鼠吱吱吗?




squeaking
[ adj ]
having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge
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Squeak \Squeak\ (skw[=e]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squeaked}
(skw[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Squeaking}.] [Probably of
imitative origin; cf. Sw. sqv["a]ka to croak, Icel. skvakka
to give a sound as of water shaken in a bottle.]
1. To utter a sharp, shrill cry, usually of short duration;
to cry with an acute tone, as an animal; or, to make a
sharp, disagreeable noise, as a pipe or quill, a wagon
wheel, a door; to creak.

Who can endure to hear one of the rough old Romans
squeaking through the mouth of an eunuch? --Addison.

Zoilus calls the companions of Ulysses the
``squeaking pigs'' of Homer. --Pope.

2. To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or
punishment; to speak; to confess. [Colloq.]

Syn: squeal.

If he be obstinate, put a civil question to him
upon the rack, and he squeaks, I warrant him.
--Dryden.