creak

1.[i]嘎吱作响（开门或踩上木地板等时发出的声音）to make the sound that a door sometimes makes when you open it or that a wooden floor sometimes makes when you step on it

creak under the strain

因负担过重而效率低下；由于压力过大而运转不灵if a system or servicecreaks under the strain , it cannot deal effectively with all the things it is expected to do or provide

1.[c]嘎吱声a sound, for example that sometimes made by a door when it opens or shuts, or by a wooden floor when you step on it

1.(使)嘎吱作响

2.嘎吱作响地移动

3.运转不灵,失效

1.咯吱声,叽嘎声

1.if something creaks, especially something wooden, it makes a high noise when it moves or when you put weight on it

2.to move along while making prolonged squeaking noises

3.if a system, method, or organization creaks, it no longer works well

1.a prolonged squeaking noise