名詞 creek:

1. a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
   同義詞：brook
2. any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma

1. I'll be up the creek if I don't pass this history test.
   我若不能通過這次歷史考試，麻煩可就大了。
2. I was really up the creek when I lost my keys.
   我丟掉鑰匙之后，真正遇到了麻煩。

creek

n.Abbr. cr.（名詞）縮寫 cr.
A small stream, often a shallow or intermittent tributary to a river.Also called Regional branch ,brook Regional kill 2Regional run
小河，溪流：一小股水流，通常指一條河流的淺灘或斷斷續(xù)續(xù)的支流也作 【區(qū)域的】 branch,brook【區(qū)域的】 kill2【區(qū)域的】 run
A channel or stream running through a salt marsh:
小河，支流：穿過鹽堿沼澤的運河或小河：
例句：
tidal creeks teeming with shore wildlife.
生活著眾多海岸野生動物的潮汐河流

Chiefly British A small inlet in a shoreline, extending farther inland than a cove.
【多用于英國】 小灣：在海岸線上的小港灣，比如小灣伸入陸地內

<習慣用語>up the creek 或
up the creek without a paddle 【非正式用語】
In a difficult, unfortunate, or inextricable position.
遭遇困難，處于困境：處于困難的、不幸的或困窘的境況
來源：
Middle English creke
中古英語 creke
probably from Old Norse kriki [bend]
可能源自 古斯堪的納維亞語 kriki [彎曲]