scrunch

大学

vt. 碾碎, 缩紧 vi. 嘎吱地响, 蜷缩 n. 嘎嘎响声

发音

其它 /skɹʌnt͡ʃ/

词形变化

scrunches 复数 scrunched scrunches 三单 scrunches scrunching scrunching 现在分词 scrunched 过去式 scrunched 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

嘎吱嘎吱的响声；碾压

动词

碾碎；缩紧；使弯曲

动词

蜷缩；嘎吱嘎吱地作响

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A crunching noise.

    1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries The watchers knew already that the door was fastened and looked for the unknown to produce a key. Instead, there was a sudden scrunch of iron, a splintering of wood, and the door swung loosely open.

v.
  1. 1.

    To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.

    及物

    He scrunched the paper into a ball and threw it at the whistling girl.

  2. 2.

    To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.

    To contract the muscles of one's face so as to draw their facial features together, out of pain, discomfort, uncertainty, etc.

    及物

    He scrunched his face at his wife's confounding request.

  3. 3.

    Alternative form of scranch.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

noise
动词

同义词 10

thud squat crisp wrinkle crouch crease crump hunker hunker down scrunch up

上位词 9

sit fold crunch crackle turn up fold up scranch scraunch sit down

下位词 7

knit pucker rumple crumple ruck cockle ruck up

相关短语

scrunch up n. 喀嚓声; 把…揉成小团; 扭曲（面部）

词源

Attested since about 1800. Probably an intensive form of crunch; ultimately derived from the onomatopoeia of a crumpling sound; or perhaps a blend of squeeze + crunch.

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