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VERB
嘎吱嘎吱地嚼
If you crunch something hard, such as a sweet, you crush it noisily between your teeth.
例句
She sucked an ice cube into her mouth, and crunched it loudly...
她吸了塊冰塊到嘴里，嘎嘣嘎嘣地大聲嚼著。
Richard crunched into the apple.
理查德咬了一口蘋(píng)果。
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V-ERG
(使)發(fā)出碎裂聲;(使)嘎吱作響
If something crunches or if you crunch it, it makes a breaking or crushing noise, for example when you step on it.
例句
A piece of china crunched under my foot...
我踩碎了一塊瓷片。
He crunched the sheets of paper in his hands.
他把那沓紙揉得嚓嚓響。
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VERB
(在小石子鋪成的路上)嘎吱嘎吱地行進(jìn)
If you crunch across a surface made of very small stones, you move across it causing it to make a crunching noise.
例句
I crunched across the gravel.
我嘎吱嘎吱地走過(guò)石子路。
...wheels crunching over a stony surface.
嘎吱嘎吱地駛過(guò)石頭路面的車(chē)輪
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N-SING
緊要關(guān)頭;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 .
例句
Tomorrow, though, is the crunch...
明天可就是緊要關(guān)頭了。
He can rely on my support when the crunch comes...
關(guān)鍵時(shí)刻，他可以依靠我的支持。
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VERB
(用計(jì)算器或計(jì)算機(jī)大量地)處理(數(shù)字)
To crunch numbers means to do a lot of calculations using a calculator or computer.
例句
I pored over the books with great enthusiasm, often crunching the numbers until 1:00 a.m.
我興致勃勃地研究這些賬簿，經(jīng)常計(jì)算到凌晨1點(diǎn)。
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N-COUNT
缺少資金;經(jīng)濟(jì)收縮;財(cái)政困難
A situation in which a business or economy has very little money can be referred to as a crunch .
例句
The UN is facing a cash crunch.
聯(lián)合國(guó)面臨著現(xiàn)金短缺問(wèn)題。
...a financial crunch that could threaten the company's future.
可能會(huì)威脅到該公司前途的財(cái)政危機(jī)