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crunch

noun
/krʌntʃ/
/krʌntʃ/
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  1. [countable, usually singular] a noise like the sound of something hard being pressed or crushed压碎声；碎裂声
    • the crunch of feet on snow脚踩着雪发出的嘎吱嘎吱声
    • The car drew up with a crunch of gravel.那辆汽车在沙砾路上嘎吱一声停了下来。
    Extra Examples
    • The car ran into the back of the lorry with a loud crunch.汽车嘎吱一声撞上了卡车的后部。
    • The snow gave a crunch as we stepped onto it.我们踏上雪时，雪发出嘎吱嘎吱的声音。
    • There was a sickening crunch as the bone snapped.骨头断裂时发出令人作呕的嘎吱声。
  2. the crunch
     [singular] (informal) an important and often unpleasant situation or piece of information紧要关头；困境；症结；令人不快的重要消息
    • The crunch came when she returned from America.她从美国回来以后，危机就出现了。
    • He always says he'll help but when it comes to the crunch (= when it is time for action) he does nothing.他口口声声说一定帮忙，然而到关键时候却不行动。
    • The crunch is that we can't afford to go abroad this year.症结在于我们今年负担不起出国的费用。
    • Sunday's crunch game with Leeds.星期天与利兹队决一雌雄的比赛
  3. [countable, usually singular] a situation in which there is suddenly not enough of something, especially money（突发的）不足，短缺；（尤指）缺钱
    • the budget/energy/housing crunch预算／能源／住房短缺
    • Higher grain prices are putting a crunch on cattle feeders.较高的谷物价格给养牛者带来了压力。
    see also credit crunchTopics Moneyc2
  4. [countable]
    (also sit-up)
    an exercise for making your stomach muscles strong, in which you lie on your back on the floor and raise the top part of your body to a sitting position仰卧起坐
    5. Word Originearly 19th cent. (as a verb): variant of 17th-cent. cranch (probably imitative), by association with crush and munch.

crunch

verb
/krʌntʃ/
/krʌntʃ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they crunch
/krʌntʃ/
/krʌntʃ/
he / she / it crunches
/ˈkrʌntʃɪz/
/ˈkrʌntʃɪz/
past simple crunched
/krʌntʃt/
/krʌntʃt/
past participle crunched
/krʌntʃt/
/krʌntʃt/
-ing form crunching
/ˈkrʌntʃɪŋ/
/ˈkrʌntʃɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [transitive, intransitive] crunch (on) something to bite something noisily between your teeth when you are eating嘎吱嘎吱地嚼
    • She crunched her apple noisily.她吃苹果发出嘎嚓嘎嚓的声音。
    Extra Examples
    • He was crunching loudly on an apple.他嘎吱嘎吱地吃着苹果，声音很大。
    • He was crunching on a piece of toast.他正嘎吱嘎吱地嚼着一片烤面包。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • loudly
    • underfoot
    preposition
    • on
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  2. [intransitive, transitive] crunch (something) to make a noise like something hard being pressed or crushed; to cause something to make a noise like this（使）发出碎裂声 synonym scrunch
    • The snow crunched under our feet.积雪在我们脚下嘎吱作响。
    • Snow crunched underfoot.积雪在脚下嘎吱作响。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • loudly
    • underfoot
    preposition
    • on
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  3. [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move over a surface, making a noise like the sound of something hard being pressed or crushed（使）发出碎裂声
    • I crunched across the gravel to the front door.我嘎吱嘎吱走过石子路来到前门。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • loudly
    • underfoot
    preposition
    • on
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  4. [transitive] crunch something (computing计算机) to deal with large amounts of data very quickly（快速大量地）处理信息；数字捣弄
    • We are waiting for the results officials who are still crunching numbers.我们正在等待仍在计算数据的官员的结果。
    see also number crunching
    5. Word Originearly 19th cent. (as a verb): variant of 17th-cent. cranch (probably imitative), by association with crush and munch.

crunch

adjective
/krʌntʃ/
/krʌntʃ/
[only before noun] (informal)
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  1. a crunch meeting, sports game, etc. is very important and may be the last chance to succeed（会议、体育竞赛等）至关重要的，最后一线胜机的
    • Sunday’s crunch game with Leeds星期天与利兹队决一雌雄的比赛
    • The Agriculture Secretary goes into a crunch meeting with senior ministers in Brussels tomorrow.农业部长明天将在布鲁塞尔与高级部长们举行一次关键会议。
    Word Originearly 19th cent. (as a verb): variant of 17th-cent. cranch (probably imitative), by association with crush and munch.

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