verb🔗Share嘎吱作响, 咀嚼. To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound."When I came home, Susan was watching TV with her feet up on the couch, crunching a piece of celery."当我回到家时，苏珊正把脚翘在沙发上看电视，嘎吱嘎吱地嚼着一根芹菜。foodsoundactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share嘎吱作响， 压碎。 To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound."The snow was crunching under my boots as I walked to school. "我上学路上，雪在我靴子底下嘎吱嘎吱地响。soundactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share计算，运算 To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators."That metadata makes it much easier for the search engine to crunch the data for queries."有了这些元数据，搜索引擎就能更轻松地运算数据，响应用户的搜索请求。mathcomputingstatisticstechnologynumberprocessbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share嘎吱作响， 咬碎。 To grind or press with violence and noise."The dog was crunching loudly on its bone. "那只狗正在大声地嘎吱嘎吱地啃骨头。soundactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share嘎吱作响， 咬碎。 To emit a grinding or crunching noise."Here are a few options: The snow was crunching under my boots as I walked to school. He was crunching loudly on his potato chips during the movie. The car tires were crunching on the gravel driveway. " 雪在我去上学的路上，在我的靴子底下嘎吱嘎吱地响。soundactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share压缩，数据压缩。 To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching."The computer program crunched the large video file, reducing its size so it could be sent easily via email. "这个电脑程序压缩了这个大型视频文件，缩小了它的体积，这样就可以通过电子邮件轻松发送了。computingtechnologytechnicalinternetmachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share加班，赶工。 To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project."The software developers have been crunching for weeks to finish the game before its release date. "为了在游戏发布日期前完成，软件开发人员已经加班加点赶工好几个星期了。businessjobworkorganizationindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share嘎吱声, 碎裂声 A crunch noise."The crunching of the gravel under my tires told me someone was driving up the driveway. "轮胎碾过车道上碎石发出的嘎吱声告诉我有人开车来了。soundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
