crunch

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

He sat there crunching his cornflakes and reading the newspaper.
他坐在那兒一邊看報(bào)，一邊嘎吱嘎吱地嚼著玉米片。

We heard the crunch of wheels on the gravel drive.
我們聽(tīng)到車輪碾過(guò)石子路時(shí)發(fā)出的嘎吱聲。

to crush hard food loudly between the teeth, or to make a sound as if something is being crushed or broken
(SOUND) the sound of hard food being crushed between the teeth, or like something being crushed or broken
(DIFFICULTY) a difficult situation that forces you to make a decision or do something
(EXERCISE) an exercise in which you lie on your back on the floor with your knees bent and your feet flat on the floor, and then raise your head and shoulders

If you crunch something hard, such as a sweet, or if it crunches, you crush it noisily between your teeth.
If something crunches or if you crunch it, it makes a breaking or crushing noise, for example, when you step on it.
Crunch is also a noun.
If you crunch across a surface made of very small stones, you move across it causing it to make a crunching noise.
To crunch numbers means to do a lot of calculations using a calculator or computer.
You can refer to an important time or event, for example, when an important decision has to be made, as the crunch.
A situation in which a business or economy has very little money can be referred to as a crunch.