基本释义
- 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
实用例句
Sunday's crunch game with Leeds
星期天与利兹队决一雌雄的比赛
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the crunch of feet on snow
脚踩着雪发出的嘎吱嘎吱声
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The car drew up with a crunch of gravel.
那辆汽车在沙砾路上嘎吱一声停了下来。
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The crunch came when she returned from America.
她从美国回来以后，危机就出现了。
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He always says he'll help but when it comes to the crunch (= when it is time for action) he does nothing.
他口口声声说一定帮忙，然而到关键时候却不会行动。
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The crunch is that we can't afford to go abroad this year.
症结在于我们今年担负不起出国的费用。
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a budget/energy/housing crunch
预算金额 / 能源 / 住房短缺
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She crunched her apple noisily.
她吃苹果发出嘎嚓嘎嚓的声音。
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The snow crunched under our feet.
积雪在我们脚下嘎吱作响。
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I crunched across the gravel to the front door.
我嘎吱嘎吱走过石子路来到前门。
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He crunched up the empty pack and threw it out of the window.
他把小空纸包揉成一团丢出了窗外。
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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。
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。
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
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。
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。
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
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.
期刊摘选
The credit crunch may also be having lingering effects.
信贷动荡也许还存在延续效应.
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I heard a loud crunch.
我听到嘎吱一声巨响.
《简明英汉词典》
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.
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真题例句
Now we increasingly get rustle and crunch.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文This advice is more relevant now than ever before, even as more parents want to embrace the ideas of their children, despite the current housing crunch.
2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ英英释义
1. the sound of something crunching;
"he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path"
2. a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources);
"an end-of-the year crunch"
"a financial crunch"
3. the act of crushing
1. make crunching noises;
"his shoes were crunching on the gravel"
2. press or grind with a crunching noise
3. chew noisily;
"The children crunched the celery sticks"
4. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;
"grind the spices in a mortar"
"mash the garlic"