| 释义 |
Noun: crunch krúnch- 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
- crush, compaction
Verb: crunch krúnch- Make a crushing noise
"his shoes were crunching on the gravel"
- scranch, scraunch, crackle - Press or grind with a crushing noise
- cranch, craunch, grind - Chew noisily
"The children crunched the celery sticks"
- munch - Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- grind, mash, bray [archaic], comminute
Derived forms: crunched, crunches, crunching Type of: break up, chew, compressing, compression, fragment, fragmentise [Brit], fragmentize, jaw, make noise, manducate, masticate, noise, press, resound, situation Encyclopedia: Crunch |