| 释义 |
crunch /krunch/ transitive verb- To crush with harsh noise, with the teeth, under foot, or otherwise
- To chew anything hard, and so make a noise
- To process large quantities of (data, numbers, etc)
intransitive verb- To make such a noise
- To chew with, or bite into with, such a noise
- To walk, or move, with such a noise
noun- The act or sound or crunching
- (with the) the real testing or critical moment, trial of strength, time or cause of difficulty, etc (informal)
- A crisis, emergency (informal)
- A sit-up
ORIGIN: Altered form of craunch; prob influenced by munch crunchˈer noun (informal) - A testing or critical moment
- Someone or something that processes large quantities of data, figures, etc
crunchˈily adverb crunchˈiness noun crunchˈy adjective (crunchˈier; crunchˈiest) number-cruncher and number-crunching see under number |