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单词 crunch
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crunch

noun
/krʌntʃ/
/krʌntʃ/
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  1. [countable, usually singular] a noise like the sound of something hard being pressed or crushed
    • the crunch of feet on snow
    • The car drew up with a crunch of gravel.
    Extra Examples
    • The car ran into the back of the lorry with a loud crunch.
    • The snow gave a crunch as we stepped onto it.
    • There was a sickening crunch as the bone snapped.
  2. the crunch
     [singular] (informal) an important and often unpleasant situation or piece of information
    • The crunch came when she returned from America.
    • He always says he'll help but when it comes to the crunch (= when it is time for action) he does nothing.
    • The crunch is that we can't afford to go abroad this year.
    • Sunday's crunch game with Leeds.
  3. [countable, usually singular] a situation in which there is suddenly not enough of something, especially money
    • the budget/energy/housing crunch
    • Higher grain prices are putting a crunch on cattle feeders.
    see also credit crunchTopics Moneyc2
  4. [countable]
    (also sit-up)
    an exercise for making your stomach muscles strong, in which you lie on your back on the floor and raise the top part of your body to a sitting position
    5. Word Originearly 19th cent. (as a verb): variant of 17th-cent. cranch (probably imitative), by association with crush and munch.

crunch

verb
/krʌntʃ/
/krʌntʃ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they crunch
/krʌntʃ/
/krʌntʃ/
he / she / it crunches
/ˈkrʌntʃɪz/
/ˈkrʌntʃɪz/
past simple crunched
/krʌntʃt/
/krʌntʃt/
past participle crunched
/krʌntʃt/
/krʌntʃt/
-ing form crunching
/ˈkrʌntʃɪŋ/
/ˈkrʌntʃɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [transitive, intransitive] crunch (on) something to bite something noisily between your teeth when you are eating
    • She crunched her apple noisily.
    Extra Examples
    • He was crunching loudly on an apple.
    • He was crunching on a piece of toast.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • loudly
    • underfoot
    preposition
    • on
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  2. [intransitive, transitive] crunch (something) to make a noise like something hard being pressed or crushed; to cause something to make a noise like this synonym scrunch
    • The snow crunched under our feet.
    • Snow crunched underfoot.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • loudly
    • underfoot
    preposition
    • on
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  3. [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move over a surface, making a noise like the sound of something hard being pressed or crushed
    • I crunched across the gravel to the front door.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • loudly
    • underfoot
    preposition
    • on
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  4. [transitive] crunch something (computing) to deal with large amounts of data very quickly
    • We are waiting for the results officials who are still crunching numbers.
    see also number crunching
    5. Word Originearly 19th cent. (as a verb): variant of 17th-cent. cranch (probably imitative), by association with crush and munch.

crunch

adjective
/krʌntʃ/
/krʌntʃ/
[only before noun] (informal)
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  1. a crunch meeting, sports game, etc. is very important and may be the last chance to succeed
    • Sunday’s crunch game with Leeds
    • The Agriculture Secretary goes into a crunch meeting with senior ministers in Brussels tomorrow.
    Word Originearly 19th cent. (as a verb): variant of 17th-cent. cranch (probably imitative), by association with crush and munch.
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