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crunch
- IPA[krʌn(t)ʃ]
英式
- crush (a hard or brittle foodstuff) with the teeth, making a loud but muffled grinding sound;make a crunching sound, especially when walking or driving over gravel or an icy surface
- a loud muffled grinding sound like that of something hard or brittle being crushed;a crucial point or situation, typically one at which a decision with important consequences must be made
verb: crunch, 3rd person present: crunches, gerund or present participle: crunching, past tense: crunched, past participle: crunched
noun: crunch, plural noun: crunches
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. crush (a hard or brittle foodstuff) with the teeth, making a loud but muffled grinding sound she paused to crunch a ginger biscuit 同義詞
- ▪ make a crunching sound, especially when walking or driving over gravel or an icy surface footsteps began to crunch across the frozen rock the snow crunched as we walked
- 2. (especially of a computer) process (large quantities of information) the program crunches data from 14,000 sensors to decipher evolving patterns
名詞
- 1. a loud muffled grinding sound like that of something hard or brittle being crushed Marco's fist struck Brian's nose with a crunch
- 2. informal a crucial point or situation, typically one at which a decision with important consequences must be made when it comes to the crunch you chicken out
- ▪ a severe shortage of money or credit the agencies are facing a financial crunch
- 3. a physical exercise designed to strengthen the abdominal muscles; a sit-up.