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v. 嘎吱嘎吱的咬嚼, 压碎, 嘎吱嘎吱地踏过 n. 咬碎, 咬碎声

发音

UK /kɹʌnt͡ʃ/
US /kɹʌnt͡ʃ/

词形变化

crunches 复数 crunches crunched crunches 三单 crunching crunching 现在分词 crunched 过去式 crunched 过去分词

别名

cronch

教材释义与例句

名词

咬碎，咬碎声；扎扎地踏

动词

压碎；嘎扎嘎扎的咬嚼；扎扎地踏过

动词

嘎吱作响地咀嚼；嘎吱嘎吱地踏过

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.

  2. 2.

    A critical moment or event.

  3. 3.

    A problem that leads to a crisis.

  4. 4.

    A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.

    卷腹

    体育
  5. 5.

    The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release.

    俚语 计算机 工程 数学
  6. 6.

    A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.

  7. 7.

    A shortage.

    俚语
  8. 8.

    Moderate distortion.

    音乐
  9. 9.

    The symbol #.

    美国
  10. 10.

    A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.

    烹饪
v.
  1. 1.

    To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.

    When I came home, Susan was watching TV with her feet up on the couch, crunching a piece of celery.

  2. 2.

    To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.

    Beetles crunched beneath the men's heavy boots as they worked.

  3. 3.

    To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.

    俚语

    That metadata makes it much easier for the search engine to crunch the data for queries.

  4. 4.

    To grind or press with violence and noise.

  5. 5.

    To emit a grinding or crunching noise.

  6. 6.

    To cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised.

    及物 汽车 交通
  7. 7.

    To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.

    及物 计算机 工程 数学
  8. 8.

    To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.

    俚语 及物 计算机 工程 数学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

crush compaction

上位词 3

situation noise compression

下位词 4

mill grind pulverisation pulverization
动词

同义词 10

grind mash munch bray crackle comminute cranch craunch scranch scraunch

上位词 10

press noise chew jaw fragment resound break up fragmentise fragmentize make noise

下位词 6

mill thud pulp crump scrunch pestle

相关短语

crunch time n. 最后时刻, 紧要的关头 crunch numbers crunch game crunch games crunch factor crunch factors Big Crunch big crunch 宇宙大收缩论 credit crunch 信用恐慌 stomach crunch Dutch crunch pizza crunch screen crunch time crunch bicycle crunch 单车式卷腹

词源

From earlier craunch, cranch, of imitative origin.

来源：wiktionary