1[intransitiveI]C to make a sound like something being crushed 嘎吱作响
Their boots crunched loudly on the frozen snow.
他们的靴子踩在冻结的雪上发出嘎吱嘎吱的响声。
2[intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]EAT to eat hard food in a way that makes a noise 嘎吱嘎吱地咬嚼
crunch on
The dog was crunching on a bone.
这条狗在嘎吱嘎吱地啃骨头。
3crunch (the) numbersto do a lot of calculations in order to find an answer 〔为找出答案而进行的〕大量运算
The computer will crunch all the numbers to determine the final score.
电脑会对所有数字进行计算,算出最后的分数。
Examples from the Corpus
crunch (the) numbers• Linkedtogether, they can crunch numbers as fast as any mainframe, but at a fraction of the cost.• She lived for the day when she could crunch numbers in the dryair of WestTexas.• One crunched numbers; they were very important to him.
crunch (the) numbersSTATISTICSACCOUNTING to do very complicatedcalculations on large amounts of DATA (=information stored on a computer) in order to find out about something
Media buyers have to know what’s going on, not just how to crunch numbers.
ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤loudly發出很響的嘎吱聲▸➤underfoot腳下嘎吱作響◇Snow crunched underfoot.積雪在腳下嘎吱作響。PREPOSITION➤on嘎吱嘎吱地嚼⋯◇She was crunching loudly on an apple.她嘎吱嘎吱地吃着蘋果,聲音很大。
Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯 ^_^: Translate en To zh-TW crunch --------- 緊縮
0_0: Definitions of crunch
# verb. - crush (a hard or brittle foodstuff) with the teeth, making a loud but muffled grinding sound. * she paused to crunch a ginger snap - process large amounts of information or perform operations of great complexity, especially by computer. * computers crunch data from real-world observations
# noun. - a loud muffled grinding sound made when crushing, moving over, or hitting something. * Marco's fist struck Brian's nose with a crunch - a crucial point or situation, typically one at which a decision with important consequences must be made. * when it comes to the crunch you chicken out - a physical exercise designed to strengthen the abdominal muscles; a sit-up.
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