Eek is the little cry people write — and sometimes squeak — when they jump with fear or surprise: a mouse, a cockroach, a balloon that pops. It does not carry a deep meaning; it copies the sound.

Eek is the little cry people write — and sometimes squeak — when they jump with fear or surpriseEek是人們受到驚嚇或驚訝時會寫出來——有時也會發出——的一個小聲驚叫：a mouse, a cockroach, a balloon that pops看到老鼠、蟑螂，或氣球突然爆掉的時候。It does not carry a deep meaning它沒有什麼深層的意思；it copies the sound它就是在模仿那個聲音。

You see it in comics, messages, and jokes more than in careful writing. It feels playful and a bit silly, not like a scream of real danger.

You see it in comics, messages, and jokes more than in careful writing你比較會在漫畫、訊息和玩笑話裡看到它，而不是在講究的寫作中。It feels playful and a bit silly它給人一種調皮、有點傻氣的感覺，not like a scream of real danger不像真正遇到危險時的尖叫。

Cartoons often give it to someone who has just seen a mouse, which is a joke more than real life. Though actually, as a spoken sound it is just that squeak; as a written word it is almost a cartoon label.

Cartoons often give it to someone who has just seen a mouse卡通常常讓剛看到老鼠的角色發出這個聲音，which is a joke more than real life這比較是個玩笑，不是真實情況。Though actually不過其實，as a spoken sound it is just that squeak作為口說的聲音，它就只是那個吱吱聲；as a written word it is almost a cartoon label作為書寫的字，它幾乎像卡通裡的標籤。

There is a rare verb, to eek, meaning to make that sound, but you will almost only meet the cry itself.

There is a rare verb, to eek有一個少見的動詞to eek，meaning to make that sound意思是發出那種聲音，but you will almost only meet the cry itself但你幾乎只會碰到那個驚叫本身。