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  1. Oxford Dictionary

    crunch

    • IPA[krʌn(t)ʃ]

    英式

    • v.
      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
    • n.
      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 munch, chew noisily, chomp, champ, bite, ... 更多
    • ▪ 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.