crunch
v. 嘎吱嘎吱地嚼/行進; (使)嘎吱作響; (用計算器等大量)處理(數字)
n. 緊要關頭; 財政困難
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...
她吸了塊冰塊到嘴裡,嘎嘣嘎嘣地大聲嚼著。
Richard crunched into the apple.
理查德咬了一口蘋果。
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...
我踩碎了一塊瓷片。
He crunched the sheets of paper in his hands.
他把那沓紙揉得嚓嚓響。
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.
我嘎吱嘎吱地走過石子路。
...wheels crunching over a stony surface.
嘎吱嘎吱地駛過石頭路面的車輪
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...
明天可就是緊要關頭了。
He can rely on my support when the crunch comes...
關鍵時刻,他可以依靠我的支援。
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.
我興致勃勃地研究這些賬簿,經常計算到凌晨1點。
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.
聯合國面臨著現金短缺問題。
...a financial crunch that could threaten the company's future.
可能會威脅到該公司前途的財政危機
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.
但是現在信貸危機和龐大的赤字規模使得抵押借款變得更困難了,並且成本也更高了.
The credit crunch may also be having lingering effects.
信貸動盪也許還存在延續效應.
I heard a loud crunch.
我聽到嘎吱一聲巨響.
What became known , with irresistible alliteration, as the credit crunch had begun.
然而事實是,不可避免的, 信貸危機開始了.
They are even responsible for the recent housing market crunch and faltering US economy.
他們甚至對最近重挫美國經濟的次貸危機也負有責任.