及物动词

不及物动词

名词

1. 嘎吱嘎吱地嚼
If you crunch something hard, such as a sweet, you crush it noisily between your teeth.

2. (使)发出碎裂声;(使)嘎吱作响
If something crunches or if you crunch it, it makes a breaking or crushing noise, for example when you step on it.

3. (在小石子铺成的路上)嘎吱嘎吱地行进
If you crunch across a surface made of very small stones, you move across it causing it to make a crunching noise.

4. 紧要关头;重要事件
You can refer to an important time or event, for example when an important decision has to be made, as the crunch .

5. (用计算器或计算机大量地)处理(数字)
To crunch numbers means to do a lot of calculations using a calculator or computer.

6. 缺少资金;经济收缩;财政困难
A situation in which a business or economy has very little money can be referred to as a crunch .

1. the act of crushing

Synonym: crushcompaction

2. the sound of something crunching

e.g. he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path

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

e.g. an end-of-the year crunch
a financial crunch