creak
意味
- キーキー鳴る,きしる
- キーキーという音
例文
The door hinge's creaking is annoying!
ドアの蝶番がギーギーうるさい。
Can you fix this door? It's creaking.
このドア、キーキー音がするけど、直してくれない。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English creken, criken, metathesis of Old English cearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash, gnash”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn (“to crash, crack, creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to make a sound, cry hoarsely”), ultimately of imitative origin. Compare also Old English crǣccettan, crācettan (“to croak”), Albanian grykë (“throat”). More at crack.