crunching

英 [ˈkrʌntʃɪŋ]

美 [ˈkrʌntʃɪŋ]

v.  嘎吱嘎吱地嚼; (使)发出碎裂声; (在路上)行进发出响声
crunch的现在分词

现在分词：crunching　

BNC.38560 / COCA.31930

柯林斯词典

• VERB 嘎吱嘎吱地嚼
  If youcrunchsomething hard, such as a sweet, you crush it noisily between your teeth.
  1. She sucked an ice cube into her mouth, and crunched it loudly...
     她吸了块冰块到嘴里，嘎嘣嘎嘣地大声嚼着。
  2. Richard crunched into the apple.
     理查德咬了一口苹果。
• V-ERG (使)发出碎裂声;(使)嘎吱作响
  If somethingcrunchesor if youcrunchit, it makes a breaking or crushing noise, for example when you step on it.
  1. A piece of china crunched under my foot...
     我踩碎了一块瓷片。
  2. He crunched the sheets of paper in his hands.
     他把那沓纸揉得嚓嚓响。
  3. Crunchis also a noun.
     
  4. She heard the crunch of tires on the gravel driveway.
     她听到轮胎轧过石子铺成的车道，发出嘎吱声。
• VERB (在小石子铺成的路上)嘎吱嘎吱地行进
  If youcrunchacross a surface made of very small stones, you move across it causing it to make a crunching noise.
  1. I crunched across the gravel.
     我嘎吱嘎吱地走过石子路。
  2. ...wheels crunching over a stony surface.
     嘎吱嘎吱地驶过石头路面的车轮
• N-SING 紧要关头;重要事件
  You can refer to an important time or event, for example when an important decision has to be made, asthe crunch.
  1. Tomorrow, though, is the crunch...
     明天可就是紧要关头了。
  2. He can rely on my support when the crunch comes...
     关键时刻，他可以依靠我的支持。
  3. The Prime Minister is expected to call a crunch meeting on Monday.
     预计首相将于周一召开紧急会议。
• VERB (用计算器或计算机大量地)处理(数字)
  Tocrunchnumbers means to do a lot of calculations using a calculator or computer.
  1. I pored over the books with great enthusiasm, often crunching the numbers until 1:00 a.m.
     我兴致勃勃地研究这些账簿，经常计算到凌晨1点。
• N-COUNT 缺少资金;经济收缩;财政困难
  A situation in which a business or economy has very little money can be referred to as acrunch.
  1. The UN is facing a cash crunch.
     联合国面临着现金短缺问题。
  2. ...a financial crunch that could threaten the company's future.
     可能会威胁到该公司前途的财政危机

双语例句

• I spent some time crunching the data; it's the only data sets I know of where we have dozens of students working on identical assignments using the same technology at the same time.
  我花了一些时间在玩味这些资料：它是我唯一知道的资料集，其中数以打计的学生在同样的时间使用相同的技术做相同的作业。
• Each step I take I can feel the crisp frosty grass crunching softly underfoot.
  我每走一步，都能感到结有干爽白霜的草地在脚下发出轻微的嘎吱声。
• The greedy boy was crunching on a hard and dry piece of toast.
  那个贪吃的男孩正嘎吱嘎吱地嚼一片烤过的脆面包。
• For me, these lists can lead to stress, especially when were crunching for time.
  对于我来说，这些清单只能给我更多的压力，特别是当时间紧缺的时候。
• The room was silent except for John's crunching
  屋子里一片寂静，只有约翰发出的咀嚼声。
• The computer does most of the number crunching.
  计算机会完成大部分运算。
• He sat crunching a cookie.
  他坐着嘎吱嘎吱地吃着饼干。
• With all this additional number crunching ability, regular renderings get done quicker.
  由于计算能力的整合，极大提升了渲染速度。
• Well, look. I've been crunching the numbers on the machine.
  对了，我在电脑上算过。
• I realized that the funny, crunching noise I heard each night as I climbed the stairs was really my knees.
  我意识到了我每天夜里爬楼梯时听到的那种有趣的、嘎吱嘎吱的声响其实就是来自于我的膝盖。