crunching
[krʌntʃɪŋ]

v.

嘎吱嘎吱地咬嚼( crunch的现在分词 )；嘎吱作响；（快速大量地）处理信息；数字捣弄

双语释义

v.(动词)

1. vt. & vi. 嘎吱嘎吱地咬嚼 crush (food) noisily with teeth
2. vi. 嘎吱作响 make a noise like the sound of sth being crushed

n.(名词)

1. [S]嘎吱的响声 a crunching sound
2. [S]需要作出重要决策的困难时刻 a difficult moment when sth important must be decided

英英释义

crunch[ krʌntʃ ]

• n.
  • the sound of something crunching

    "he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path"

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

    "an end-of-the year crunch"; "a financial crunch"

  • the act of crushing

    同义词：crushcompaction

• v.
  • make crunching noises

    "his shoes were crunching on the gravel"

    同义词：scranchscraunchcrackle

  • press or grind with a crunching noise

    同义词：cranchcraunchgrind

  • chew noisily

    "The children crunched the celery sticks"

    同义词：munch

  • reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

    同义词：grindmashbraycomminute

词组短语

credit crunch 信贷紧缩；信贷危机（等于credit crisis）

crunch time关键时刻；关键时间

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

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。

用作名词(n.)

1. There was a crunch as he bit the apple.
   在他咬苹果时，发出嘎扎一响。
2. He was caught in a financial crunch.
   他陷入财政危机。
3. We are today facing a serious credit crunch.
   我们今日正面对严重的信贷困难。
4. When it comes to the crunch they will support us.
   到紧要关头他们会支持我们的。
5. 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。

权威例句

Too Much Crunching on Rainforest Nuts?
Crunching Large Graphs with Commodity Processors
Colliding with a crunching bubble
KCM: a knowledge crunching machine
Realizable RLCK circuit crunching
Realizable RLCK circuit crunching
EBIMed—text crunching to gather facts for proteins from Medline
Symbol-crunching with the transfer-matrix method in order to count skinny physical creatures
DNA crunching by a viral packaging motor: compression of a procapsid-portal stalled Y-DNA substrate.
The Impact of Supply Constraints on Bank Lending in the Euro Area - Crisis Induced Crunching?