crunch

[krʌntʃ]

v.发出碎裂声, 嘎吱嘎吱地咀嚼,嘎喳嘎喳地碾过
n.嘎吱声, 艰难局面, 关键时刻
v.<俚>处理（数据）

vt.

1. 嘎吱作响地咬嚼

People who crunch nuts at the movies can be very annoying.

看电影时嘎吱作声地嚼干果的人会使人十分讨厌。

2. 嘎扎嘎扎地碾(或踩、压)过

vi.

1. 嘎吱作响地咀嚼[(+on)]

2. 嘎扎嘎扎地碾(或踩、压)过

Our feet crunched on the frozen snow.

我们的双脚嘎吱作响地踩着冰冻的雪地。

n.

1. 嘎吱吱的声音; 咬嚼声[U][S1]

2. 艰难局面; 财政困难; 短缺[U][S1]

an energy crunch

能源危机

3. 【口】关键时刻; 危机[the S]

When it comes to the crunch they will support us.

到紧要关头他们会支持我们的。

词形变化

形容词: crunchable | 动词过去式: crunched | 动词过去分词: crunched | 动词现在分词: crunching | 动词第三人称单数: crunches |

词义辨析

同义参见:

crumple  conjuncture  gnash  

英英释义

名词 crunch:

the sound of something crunching

a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)

the act of crushing

同义词：crush, compaction

动词 crunch:

make crunching noises

同义词：scranch, scraunch, crackle

press or grind with a crunching noise

同义词：cranch, craunch, grind

chew noisily

同义词：munch

reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

同义词：grind, mash, bray, comminute

短语词组

when it comes to the crunch

1. 当关键时刻到来时

They're against our plan now but when it comes to the crunch they'll support us.

现在他们是反对我们的计划, 但到关键时刻会支持我们的。

补充

crunchcrunch英:[krʌntʃ] 美:[krʌntʃ]vt. & vi.1.嘎吱嘎吱地咬嚼The dog was crunching a bone.狗正嘎吱嘎吱地嚼骨头。vi.1.嘎吱作响Our feet crunched on the frozen snow.我们的脚嘎吱嘎吱地踩在冻雪上。n.1.嘎吱的响声I heard a loud crunch.我听到嘎吱一声巨响。2.需要做出重要决策的困难时刻

例句

1. Like most dogs, she loved to crunch bones.她像大多数狗一样, 非常喜欢嘎吱嘎吱地啃骨头。 2. She sucked an ice cube into her mouth, and crunched it loudly.她吸了块冰块到嘴里, 嘎嘣嘎嘣地大声嚼着。 3. He wandered through dimly lit hallways, crunching broken glass.他漫无目的地穿过昏暗的走廊, 把碎玻璃踩得嘎吱嘎吱作响。 4. He crunched the sheet of paper in his hand.他把那张纸在手里揉成一团。 5. Officials were still crunching numbers yesterday.昨天官员们还在用计算机计算。 6. I pored over the books with great enthusiasm, often crunching the numbers until 1:00 a.m.我兴致勃勃地研究这些账簿, 经常用计算机算到凌晨1点。 7. The car moved off, gravel crunching beneath its tyres.车开走了, 轮胎轧过碎石发出嘎吱嘎吱的声音。 8. She heard the crunch of tires on the gravel driveway.她听到车轮在碎石车道上碾过时发出的嘎吱嘎吱的声音。 9. Tomorrow, though, is the crunch.明天可就是紧要关头了。 10. He can rely on my support when the crunch comes.关键时刻他可以依靠我的支持。 11. One problem is that many managers are actually softies when it comes to the crunch.一个问题是, 到了关键时刻许多经理却表现得很软弱。 12. If it comes to the crunch I'll resign.迫不得已的时候我会辞职。 13. The U.N. is facing a cash crunch.联合国面临着现金短缺问题。 14. a financial crunch that could threaten the company's future可能会影响公司未来发展的资金紧缺问题 15. The Prime Minister is expected to call a crunch meeting on Monday.预计首相将于周一召开紧要会议。 16. The dog was crunching a bone.那只狗正在嘎吱嘎吱地啃骨头。 17. Our feet crunched the gravel.我们双脚嘎吱做声地踩着碎石子。 18. The administration's policy seems to crunch the economy in order to combat inflation.政府的政策似乎是紧缩经济以免通货膨胀。 19. This computer has a separate CPU just for number crunching.这部计算机有处理数字的中央计算处理装置。 20. It is too much trouble to crunch a file unless you use it often.除非经常用这些文件，不然压缩时很费事。 21. The frozen snow crunched under our feet.结冻的雪在我们脚下吱吱作响。 22. she paused to crunch a ginger biscuit.她停下来，大声地咬着姜汁饼干。 23. a 32-bit processor that's able to crunch data at a staggering speed.能以惊人速度处理数据的32位处理器。 24. Marco's fist struck Brian's nose with a crunch.马尔科的拳头重重地击在布赖恩的鼻子上。 25. when it comes to the crunch you chicken out.一到紧要关头，你就退缩。 26. the Fed would do what it could to ease America's credit crunch .美联储会竭尽全力缓解美国的银根紧缩问题。 27. to crunch an apple嘎吱嘎吱地嚼苹果 28. We crunched through the snow.我们嘎吱嘎吱地踏过雪地。 29. There was a loud crunch as he sat on the box of eggs.他坐在那箱鸡蛋上时发出一阵响亮的嘎吱声。 30. If it comes to the crunch, I'll stay and fight.到了紧要关头，我会留下来战斗。 31. The snow crunched underfoot.雪踩在脚下嘎吱嘎吱响。 32. We could hear the truck's tires crunching along the gravel road.我们能听到卡车轮胎嘎吱嘎吱地碾过碎石路。 33. "When she crunched the numbers, she found that the business's profits were actually much lower than the company had said."她核对数据时发现，企业利润实际上比公司所说的低很多。 34. She crunched on a carrot while watching TV.她边看电视边嘎吱嘎吱地嚼着胡萝卜。 35. crunching on potato chips嘎吱嘎吱地嚼薯片 36. the crunch of someone eating a carrot嚼胡萝卜的嘎吱嘎吱声 37. We could hear the crunch of the truck's tires on the gravel road.我们能听到卡车轮胎碾过碎石路发出的嘎吱声。 38. The nuts give the salad crunch. [=the nuts make the salad somewhat crunchy]这些坚果使沙拉吃起来脆脆的。 39. The crunch came when the computer stopped working.电脑一死机，麻烦就来了。 40. "The city's budget crunch means that streets will not be repaired this spring. [=because the city does not have enough money, streets will not be repaired]"城市预算不足意味着街道在今年春季无法进行翻修。 41. The project is facing a time crunch.这个项目时间紧迫。 42. an energy crunch [=(more commonly) crisis]能源危机 43. I try to do 50 crunches a day.我努力一天做50个仰卧起坐。