crunch
[krʌntʃ]
v.发出碎裂声, 嘎吱嘎吱地咀嚼,嘎喳嘎喳地碾过
n.嘎吱声, 艰难局面, 关键时刻
v.<俚>处理(数据)
例句与用法:
The frozen snow crunched under our feet.
冻结的雪在我们的脚下嘎吱作响。
The wheels crunched the gravel.
车轮碾在碎石上嘎吱嘎吱地响。
There was a crunch as he bit the apple.
在他咬苹果时,发出嘎扎一响。
He always says he'll help, but when it comes to the crunch, he does nothing.
他口口声声说他一定帮忙,然而事到临头他什麽也不帮。
词形变化:
形容词: crunchable | 动词过去式: crunched | 动词过去分词: crunched | 动词现在分词: crunching | 动词第三人称单数: crunches |
vt.
1. 嘎吱作响地咬嚼
People who crunch nuts at the movies can be very annoying.
看电影时嘎吱作声地嚼干果的人会使人十分讨厌。
2. 嘎扎嘎扎地碾(或踩、压)过
vi.
1. 嘎吱作响地咀嚼[(+on)]
2. 嘎扎嘎扎地碾(或踩、压)过
Our feet crunched on the frozen snow.
我们的双脚嘎吱作响地踩着冰冻的雪地。
n.
1. 嘎吱吱的声音; 咬嚼声[U][S1]
2. 艰难局面; 财政困难; 短缺[U][S1]
an energy crunch
能源危机
3. 【口】关键时刻; 危机[the S]
When it comes to the crunch they will support us.
到紧要关头他们会支持我们的。
短语词组:
when it comes to the crunch
1. 当关键时刻到来时
They're against our plan now but when it comes to the crunch they'll support us.
现在他们是反对我们的计划, 但到关键时刻会支持我们的。
crunch
过去式:crunched
过去分词:crunched
现在进行时:crunching
词形变化:
形容词: crunchable | 动词过去式: crunched | 动词过去分词: crunched | 动词现在分词: crunching | 动词第三人称单数: crunches |
词义辨析:
同义参见:
crumple
conjuncture
gnash
crunch[krʌntʃ]vt.1.■嘎吱嘎吱地咀嚼:The dog was crunching a bone.那只狗正在嘎吱嘎吱地啃骨头。2.■(脚、车轮等)嘎吱地压过(或踏过):Our feet crunched the gravel.我们双脚嘎吱做声地踩着碎石子。3.■财政上紧缩:The administration's policy seems to crunch the economy in order to combat inflation.政府的政策似乎是紧缩经济以免通货膨胀。4.■[美国俚语] 对…进行数学运算;(反复)处理:This computer has a separate CPU just for number crunching.这部计算机有处理数字的中央计算处理装置。5.■使用复杂的技术压缩:It is too much trouble to crunch a file unless you use it often.除非经常用这些文件,不然压缩时很费事。vi.1.■吃东西时发出嘎吱声2.■(踩踏、碾压时)发出嘎吱声:The frozen snow crunched under our feet.结冻的雪在我们脚下吱吱作响。n.1.■嘎吱做声的咀嚼2.■嘎吱嘎吱的声音3.■不足;缺乏;物资的短缺;财政的困难;财政压力;(如信用等方面实行的)经济大压缩,经济的紧缩4.■艰难局面,困境5.■危急关头;关键时刻;危机 [亦作 craunch]
crunchcrunch[krʌntʃ]vi.,vt.1.■嘎扎嘎扎地咀嚼; (车轮、皮靴等)嘎喳嘎喳地碾[踏]过(through)
词性变化crunch[krʌntʃ]n.1.■嘎扎嘎扎的响声; 嘎吱嘎吱地咬嚼2.■[美俚]摊牌, 紧要关头; 困境; 转折点; 紧缩状态, 磨擦音
继承用法crunchy[ˈkrʌntʃɪ]adj.1.■发出嘎吱嘎吱声的
verb
[with obj.]
- crush (a hard or brittle foodstuff) with the teeth, making a loud but muffled grinding sound
嘎吱嘎吱地咬嚼(硬或脆的食物)
she paused to crunch a ginger biscuit.
她停下来,大声地咬着姜汁饼干。
■[no obj.]make such a sound, especially when walking or driving over gravel or an icy surface
(尤指碾过沙砾或冰面时)发出嘎吱嘎吱的响声 - (especially of a computer) process (large quantities of information)
(尤指计算机)处理(大量信息)
a 32-bit processor that's able to crunch data at a staggering speed.
能以惊人速度处理数据的32位处理器。
- [usu. in sing.]a loud muffled grinding sound made when crushing, moving over, or hitting something
(碾压,击打时发出的)嘎吱嘎吱的声音
Marco's fist struck Brian's nose with a crunch.
马尔科的拳头重重地击在布赖恩的鼻子上。 - (the crunch)(informal)a crucial point or situation, typically one at which a decision with important consequences must be made
(非正式)紧要关头;关键时刻
when it comes to the crunch you chicken out.
一到紧要关头,你就退缩。
■a severe shortage of money or credit
货币紧缺;信贷严重不足
the Fed would do what it could to ease America's credit crunch .
美联储会竭尽全力缓解美国的银根紧缩问题。 - a physical exercise designed to strengthen the abdominal muscles; a sit-up
(锻炼腹肌的)仰卧起坐
- early 19th cent. (as a verb): variant of 17th-cent. cranch (probably imitative), association with crush and munch
crunch
名词 crunch:
the sound of something crunching
a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
the act of crushing
同义词:crush, compaction
动词 crunch:
make crunching noises
同义词:scranch, scraunch, crackle
press or grind with a crunching noise
chew noisily
同义词:munch
reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
crunch
■Ever realize Cap'n Crunch's eyebrows are on his hat?
|你知不知道 脆脆上尉的眉毛长在帽子上?
■"The credit crunch isn't positive for any pawnbroker because we lend money and make money from people repaying their loans.
“信贷紧缩并非对所有的典当商都有利,因为典当行的利润来自于典当赎金和利息。
■Some may be husbanding cash more carefully because of the credit crunch.
一些公司是因为信贷紧缩而更加谨慎地管理现金。
■A loud crunch split the air -- and then...nothing, as her world went black.
一声巨响划破了长空--后来她就陷入黑暗之中,什么也不知道了。
■Don't rest your laurels. You'd better work hard to entrech yourself within your new company. You never know when the next job crunch will come.
不能就此安于小成,不思进取。你最好努力工作,稳固你在新公司里的地位。谁也不能预知下一次的求职风暴什么时候会到来。
■As his game grows, so will his opportunities as a go-to guy in crunch time.
不过随着比赛能力的提高,他会慢慢成为在关键时刻值得信赖的球员。
■However, she warned that the credit crunch still existed.
不过,她警告,信贷紧缩额现象依然存在。
■The present crunch on farming land is, according to experts, largely due to the urban sprawl.
专家们认为,造成目前耕地紧缺的一个主要原因是城区扩展
■A sustained power crunch in China may affect global energy markets.
中国持续的电力紧张可能影响到全球能源市场。
■A shakeout is unavoidable, and it is being made worse by the worldwide credit crunch.
中国经济出现小幅度衰退是不可避免的了,而全球范围的信贷紧缩似乎对中国经济造成更坏的影响。
■The central bank hopes to “forestall some of the adverseeffects” of the credit crunch on the economy.
中央银行希望“阻止(信贷紧缩对经济的)不利影响”。
■Andy Rothman, also at CLSA, argues that “in China, there is only a credit crunch when the political leadership wants one”.
也是里昂证券的安迪洛斯曼认为,“在中国,除非国家领导人想要,否则是不会有信用恐慌的”。
■Perhaps, as the article said, she and Jon were in one of those classic crunch times, when the honeymoon period (six months max) is over.
也许,正如文章所描述的,她和乔就正处于这蜜月(最多6个月)后的危急关头。
■What became known, with irresistible alliteration, as the credit crunch had begun.
于是信用危机以其隆隆的战鼓声引起了人们的关注。
■Then Coach Phil Jackson goads the 7-footer by questioning whether he can trust Bynum's defense during crunch time.
于是菲尔就刺激拜纳姆,问他关键时刻的防守是否值得教练信任。
■It just captured me in this crunch.
仅仅是捕捉了我的一个片段而已。
■From different sides came the crunch of runners over the snow, and the shrieks of girls.
从雪地的四面传来滑铁咯吱咯吱的响声和妇女们刺耳的尖叫声。
■They wear hard hats, crunch numbers, seal deals, and invent new products and processes.
他们佩带硬帽子,紧缩号码,密封处理,并发明新产品和新工艺。
■The rumor-mongering then nearly sparked a cash crunch.
他们指出,1998年雷曼兄弟曾遇到类似情况,当时谣言几乎导致该公司出现资金危机。
■He always says he'll help but when it comes to the crunch(= when it is time for action or decision)he does nothing.
他口口声声说一定帮忙,然而到了时候他却一点忙不帮。
■He always says he'll help, but when it comes to the crunch, he does nothing.
他口口声声说他一定帮忙,然而事到临头他什麽也不帮。
■He heard the crunch of gravel under a boot. He spun, rifle raised, and saw Lucy.
他听到沙砾在靴子下的嘎吱声。他快速转身,举起步枪,看见了露西。
■And he fondly remembers loving Cap'n Crunch and Cocoa Krispies as a kid.
他很天真地回忆起小时候是如何喜欢“克朗奇船长米粉”和可可脆饼。
■He always says he'll help,but when it comes to the crunch,he does nothing.
他总是说他一定帮忙,然而事到临头他什么也不帮。
■His wingtip shoes crunch on gravel. Loose bullets scatter to the ground. The bourbon bottle drops and shatters.
他的翼尖鞋轧在砾石路上,任子弹散落在地,波旁酒瓶也摔到地上,碎了。
■His spade cleaved the firm sand with a satisfying crunch.
他的锹凿开了坚实的砂土,发出令人舒心的嘎扎声。
■He was caught in a financial crunch.
他陷入财政危机。
■What became known, with irresistible alliteration, as the credit crunch had begun.A year on, the crunch continues.
众所周知,信用紧缩以其不可阻挡之势大规模开始,一年后,信用紧缩依然存在。
■There was the crunch of footsteps.
传来了嗄吱嗄吱的脚步声。
■Unfortunately, the longer that the credit crunch continues, the more those reserves will start to dwindle.
但是与美国,日本,中国达成的互惠外汇信贷协议将会给它带来具有强大火力的鼓励。
■But one of the lessons of the credit crunch is that banks are still important underwriters of liquidity when markets dry up.
但是信用危机的一个教训就是,在市场干涸的时候,银行仍然是流动性的重要承销者。
■But the bears think the crunch has now arrived, as it did in Japan in the 1990s.
但是那些看跌的人认为这紧缩的日子已经到来,就像在日本1990年代发生的那样。
■As an instigator of the credit crunch, Wall Street is eager to improve not only its profitability but also its stained reputation.
作为信贷危机的煽动者,华尔街急于改善的不但包括其获利能力,也包括其被玷污的名誉。
■The International Energy Agency, the western countries’ energy watchdog, warned last week about the risk of a “supply crunch” before 2015.
作为西方国家能源监督机构的国际能源机构(International Energy Agency)上周警告称,2015年前可能发生“供应危机”。
■The International Energy Agency, the western countries' energy watchdog, warned last week about the risk of a“supply crunch” before 2015.
作为西方国家能源监督机构的国际能源机构上周警告称,2015年前可能发生“供给危机”。
■The credit crunch and tightening budgets are prompting more people to consider used cars.
信用崩溃和紧缩的预算促使更多的人考虑二手车。
■Credit crunch prevents the potential state-run enterprise buyers from getting loans from the banks.
信用紧缩使可能的国营企业买主无法向银行贷款。
■The credit crunch is cutting a swathe through the US financial sector.
信用紧缩对美国财政部门产生了巨大轰动。
■The credit crunch and gyrating oil prices have sent a chill through many segments of the oil industry.
信贷危机和油价起伏使石油行业的许多领域都感到了一丝寒意。
■The fall-out of the credit crunch saw big banks disappearing or forced into panicky mergers with erstwhile rivals.
信贷危机波及到几家大银行---要么关门;要么为了自保,不得不匆忙与从前的对手合并。
■The credit crunch is not passing by without a trace, however.
信贷紧缩不会毫无原由地发生了。
■Is the credit crunch forcing firms to retrench directly?
信贷紧缩会迫使各企业立即节衣缩食,勒紧裤腰带吗?
■And a by-product of the credit crunch seems to be an overdue market re-evaluation.
信贷紧缩的一个副产品似乎成了市场一次迟到的再评估。
■Will the credit crunch continue?
信贷紧缩还将持续吗?
■A shrinking debt market, a credit crunch, can affect stock markets.
债务市场的收缩,信用危机可以影响股票市场。
■Debt Management:Recessions mean crunch time for debtors, and they're sure to need some guidance.
债务管理:衰退对债主来说意味着苦难时刻,所以他们肯定需要一些指导。
■That debt spiral is now unraveling, and the ensuing credit crunch could crimp spending for years.
债务螺旋般的上升,现在终于弄清楚随后产生的信贷紧缩可能会对经济造成数年影响。
■The global credit crunch has made it harder for Hicks and Gillett to raise new revenues elsewhere and also affected the value of their other assets.
全球信贷紧缩使得希克斯和吉列特难以用其他办法为新球场筹款,而且这已经影响到他们的其他产业。
■Around the globe, major stock markets are suffering from the credit crunch arising from the sub-prime mortgage crisis in the United States.
全球各地的主要股票市场正饱受来自美国次级抵押贷款危机所导致的不断上升的信贷危机。
■If it comes to the crunch they' ll support us.
关键时刻他们是会支持我们的。
when it comes to the crunch
1. 当关键时刻到来时
They're against our plan now but when it comes to the crunch they'll support us.
现在他们是反对我们的计划, 但到关键时刻会支持我们的。
习惯用语when it comes to the crunch (=when the crunch comes)1.■当关键[困难]时刻到来时