crunch
v. 嘎吱嘎吱地嚼/行进; (使)嘎吱作响; (用计算器等大量)处理(数字)
n. 紧要关头; 财政困难
If you crunch something hard, such as a sweet, you crush it noisily between your teeth.
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。
Richard crunched into the apple.
理查德咬了一口苹果。
If something crunches or if you crunch it, it makes a breaking or crushing noise, for example when you step on it.
A piece of china crunched under my foot...
我踩碎了一块瓷片。
He crunched the sheets of paper in his hands.
他把那沓纸揉得嚓嚓响。
If you crunch across a surface made of very small stones, you move across it causing it to make a crunching noise.
I crunched across the gravel.
我嘎吱嘎吱地走过石子路。
...wheels crunching over a stony surface.
嘎吱嘎吱地驶过石头路面的车轮
You can refer to an important time or event, for example when an important decision has to be made, as the crunch .
Tomorrow, though, is the crunch...
明天可就是紧要关头了。
He can rely on my support when the crunch comes...
关键时刻,他可以依靠我的支持。
To crunch numbers means to do a lot of calculations using a calculator or computer.
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。
A situation in which a business or economy has very little money can be referred to as a crunch .
The UN is facing a cash crunch.
联合国面临着现金短缺问题。
...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
1. the sound of something crunching;
2. a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources);
3. the act of crushing
1. make crunching noises;
2. press or grind with a crunching noise
3. chew noisily;
4. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;
But the credit crunch, and the deficit's size, is making this harder and more expensive.
但是现在信贷危机和庞大的赤字规模使得抵押借款变得更困难了,并且成本也更高了.
The credit crunch may also be having lingering effects.
信贷动荡也许还存在延续效应.
I heard a loud crunch.
我听到嘎吱一声巨响.
What became known , with irresistible alliteration, as the credit crunch had begun.
然而事实是,不可避免的, 信贷危机开始了.
They are even responsible for the recent housing market crunch and faltering US economy.
他们甚至对最近重挫美国经济的次贷危机也负有责任.