crunch

名词 crunch:

1. the sound of something crunching
2. a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
3. the act of crushing
   同义词：crush, compaction

动词 crunch:

1. make crunching noises
   同义词：scranch, scraunch, crackle
2. press or grind with a crunching noise
   同义词：cranch, craunch, grind
3. chew noisily
   同义词：munch
4. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
   同义词：grind, mash, bray, comminute

1. The frozen snow crunched under our feet.
   冻结的雪在我们的脚下嘎吱作响。
2. The wheels crunched the gravel.
   车轮碾在碎石上嘎吱嘎吱地响。
3. There was a crunch as he bit the apple.
   在他咬苹果时，发出嘎扎一响。
4. He always says he'll help, but when it comes to the crunch, he does nothing.
   他口口声声说他一定帮忙，然而事到临头他什麽也不帮。

crunch

v.（动词）
crunched,crunch.ing,crunch.es
v.tr.（及物动词）
To chew with a noisy crackling sound.
嘎吱嘎吱地咀嚼
To crush, grind, or tread noisily.
嘎吱嘎吱地压，嘎吱嘎吱地碾，嘎吱嘎吱地跺
Slang To perform operations on; manipulate or process (numerical or mathematical data).
【俚语】 运行，处理：在…上运行；处理（数字或数学数据）
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To chew noisily with a crackling sound:
嘎吱嘎吱地咀嚼：
例句：
crunching on celery.
嘎吱嘎吱地嚼着芹菜

To move with a crushing sound:
嘎吱嘎吱地动：发出嘎吱嘎吱声地移动：
例句：
crunching through the snow.
嘎吱嘎吱地踩着雪前进

To produce or emit a crushing sound.
发嘎吱嘎吱声：产生或发出嘎吱嘎吱的声音
n.（名词）
The act or sound of crunching.
嘎吱声：发出嘎吱声的行为

A decisive confrontation.
决定性冲突
A critical moment or situation, especially one that occurs because of a shortage of time or resources:
危急情况：危急时刻或紧急状态，尤指由于缺少时间或资源而产生的危机：
例句：
a year-end crunch; an energy crunch.
年底的危急状况；能源危机

A period of financial difficulty characterized by tight money and unavailability of credit.
经济收缩：以贷钱困难和信用无效为特征的财政困难时期

来源：
Alteration of craunch [possibly of imitative origin]
craunch的变化 [可能源于拟音词]

【引伸】
crunch.able
adj.（形容词）