crunch

noun

/krʌntʃ/

[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。
- 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。
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
[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
[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

词源early 19th cent. (as a verb): variant of 17th-cent. cranch (probably imitative), by association with crush and munch.

crunch

verb

/krʌntʃ/

动词形式

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

[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。
- 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。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- loudly
- underfoot
preposition
- on
[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。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- loudly
- underfoot
preposition
- on
[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。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- loudly
- underfoot
preposition
- on
[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

词源early 19th cent. (as a verb): variant of 17th-cent. cranch (probably imitative), by association with crush and munch.

crunch

adjective

/krʌntʃ/

[only before noun] (informal)

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。
词源early 19th cent. (as a verb): variant of 17th-cent. cranch (probably imitative), by association with crush and munch.

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