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/kɹʌntʃ/

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noun

嘎吱声，碎裂声

A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.

Examples :

"The crisp leaves made a satisfying crunch under my feet as I walked home from school. "

放学回家的路上，我踩在干脆的落叶上，脚下发出令人愉悦的嘎吱声。

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noun

关键时刻，紧要关头

A critical moment or event.

Examples :

"The project is due tomorrow, so this week is the crunch. "

项目明天就要交了，所以这周是关键时刻。

time event situation

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noun

危机，困境

A problem that leads to a crisis.

Examples :

"The company is facing a serious crunch because sales are down and bills are due. "

公司正面临严重的危机，因为销售额下降而账单到期。

disaster situation business economy

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noun

仰卧起坐，卷腹

(exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.

Examples :

"To strengthen her core, Sarah practiced crunches every morning. "

为了增强核心力量，莎拉每天早上都做卷腹运动。

body action sport physiology

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noun

加班赶工，冲刺阶段

The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release.

Examples :

""The team is in the middle of crunch right now, working long hours to meet the deadline for the new software." "

团队现在正在加班赶工冲刺阶段，每天工作很长时间，希望能赶上新软件的截止日期。

work business computing job time

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noun

酥皮水果甜点，水果脆饼

A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.

Examples :

"The apple crunch was a delicious dessert, with a crisp, buttery topping over a sweet, juicy apple filling. "

这款苹果酥皮水果甜点真是太美味了，香脆的黄油酥皮盖在香甜多汁的苹果馅上。

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noun

碎屑，嘎吱嘎吱的响声。

(generally in the plural) A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.

Examples :

"The bag of chips was mostly crumbs and crunches at the bottom. "

那包薯片底部大多是碎末和嘎吱嘎吱的小碎块儿。

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verb

嘎吱作响地咬碎，咬碎。

To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.

Examples :

"When I came home, Susan was watching TV with her feet up on the couch, crunching a piece of celery."

当我回家时，苏珊正把脚翘在沙发上看电视，嘎吱嘎吱地嚼着一根芹菜。

food sound action

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verb

嘎吱作响，咬碎。

To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.

Examples :

"The dry leaves crunch under my feet as I walk through the park. "

我走在公园里，脚踩在干燥的落叶上，发出嘎吱嘎吱的声响。

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verb

运算，计算.

To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.

Examples :

"That metadata makes it much easier for the search engine to crunch the data for queries."

有了那些元数据，搜索引擎就能更容易地运算处理查询数据了。

computing math technology number statistics electronics machine process

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verb

碾碎，嘎吱作响。

To grind or press with violence and noise.

Examples :

"The boy crunched the potato chips noisily, making his brother jump. "

那个男孩大声地嘎吱嘎吱地嚼着薯片，吓了他弟弟一跳。

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verb

嘎吱作响，咯吱作响

To emit a grinding or crunching noise.

Examples :

"The heavy boots crunch on the gravel driveway as he walks to the car. "

他走向汽车时，沉重的靴子踩在碎石车道上，发出嘎吱嘎吱的声响。

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verb

压缩, 压紧。

To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.

Examples :

"The computer program crunched the large music file to reduce its size before emailing it to her. "

这个电脑程序把大型音乐文件压缩了一下，以便在用邮件发给她之前减小文件大小。

computing technology technical internet electronics machine

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verb

加班赶工, 紧急赶制

To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.

Examples :

"The company is crunching their employees to finish the new software by next week. "

公司正在让员工加班赶工，务必在下周之前完成新软件。

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