| 单词 | munch |
| 释义 | munch (once / 2668 pages) vn To munch is to eat something in a loud and enthusiastic way. If you can't stand listening to your brother munch his toast in the morning, you might decide to take your breakfast to go. When you eat something steadily, especially if it's something crunchy, you munch. You might munch on carrot sticks for a snack and then munch a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch. You can also take a munch, or a bite, out of something. Munch is an imitative word, its sound echoing the actual sound of munching, but it may also have a connection to the Old French mangier, "to bite or chew." WORD FAMILYmunch: munched, muncher, munches, munching+/muncher: munchers USAGE EXAMPLESWhile we were munching sandwiches the tranquility of this little place was shattered by a quarrel between a gunman and the owner. BBC(Dec 23, 2016) Oscar, the class’s guinea pig, munched contentedly on his guinea pig chow. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) That’s because the early-morning visitor was no domestic feline munching on some unlucky rodent. Los Angeles Times(Dec 15, 2016) 1v chew noisily Syn|Hyper crunch chew, jaw, manducate, masticate chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth 2n a large bite he tried to talk between munches on the sandwich Hyper bite, chomp the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws Munch (once / 41765 pages) n WORD FAMILY Munch: Munches, Munchs USAGE EXAMPLESIn the case of both the Richter and the Munch, the third-party buyer was also paid a fee by the auction house. New York Times(Nov 23, 2016) Her new work now recalls Willem de Kooning’s aggressive paintings of women or Edvard Munch’s searing “The Scream.” Washington Times(Nov 22, 2016) It is one of the earliest of Munch’s 12 known paintings of the subject and is one of just two left in private hands. New York Times(Nov 15, 2016) n Norwegian painter (1863-1944) Syn|Exp Edvard Munch painter an artist who paints |
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