英语词汇“crunch”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

crunchcrunch1 /krʌntʃ/ noun

COLLOCATIONS► a budget/cash/financial crunch

We’ll have to wait till the budget crunch is over to hire new workers.

► feeling the crunch

Arrests have increased so much that courts are feeling the crunch.

1[singular] a noise like the sound of something being crushed: crunch of the crunch of footsteps on gravel2[singular] a difficult situation caused by a lack of something, especially money or time: a budget/cash/financial crunch We’ll have to wait till the budget crunch is over to hire new workers. Arrests have increased so much that courts are feeling the crunch.3 (also crunch time) [singular] a period of time when you have to make the most effort to make sure you achieve something: The crunch came when my bank asked for my credit card back.4[countable] an exercise in which you lie on your back and lift your head and shoulders off the ground to make your stomach muscles strong SYN sit-up

noun | verb

crunchcrunch2 ●○○ verb

ETYMOLOGYcrunch²

Origin: 1800-1900 cranch to crunch (17-19 centuries), probably from the sound; influenced by munch

VERB TABLE

crunch

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	crunch
	he, she, it	crunches
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	crunched
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have crunched
	he, she, it	has crunched
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had crunched
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will crunch
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have crunched

Continuous Form
Present	I	am crunching
	he, she, it	is crunching
	you, we, they	are crunching
Past	I, he, she, it	was crunching
	you, we, they	were crunching
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been crunching
	he, she, it	has been crunching
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been crunching
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be crunching
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been crunching

1[intransitive] to make a sound like something being crushed: Broken window glass crunched under foot.2[intransitive always + adv./prep., transitive] to eat hard food in a way that makes a noise: crunch on The dog was crunching on a bone.3crunch (the) numbers informal to calculate a lot of numbers together: We’ll have to sit down and crunch the numbers. → see also number cruncher, number crunching