Word · Frequency #11397
crunch
嘎吱作响地压碎/碾碎/挤压（尤指食物）；被压得嘎吱作响
To crush, grind, or press something (especially food) with a loud crackling sound, or to be crushed in this way.
- 1.
To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
压碎某物,尤指食物,发出响亮的噼啪声。
- 2.
To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.
被压碎并发出响亮的噼啪声。
- 3.
To grind or press with violence and noise.
猛烈而嘈杂地碾磨或挤压。
- 4.
To emit a grinding or crunching noise.
发出碾磨或嘎吱声。
- 5.
To cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised.
在齿轮完全同步之前松开离合器,使齿轮发出嘎吱声。
- 6.
To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.
使用特定算法压缩(数据),以便通过解压恢复。
发出嘎吱声；（换挡不当）让齿轮嘎吱作响；压缩（数据）；压碎某物,尤指食物,发出响亮的噼啪声。；被压碎并发出响亮的噼啪声。
In use
She crunched into the crispy apple with a loud noise.
The car crunched the gravel as it drove away.
He crunched the empty cans before throwing them away.
crunch sth
crunch 作及物动词时，表示咬碎或压碎食物等，并伴有清脆的嘎吱声。
She crunched a carrot between her teeth.
她嘎吱嘎吱地咬碎了一根胡萝卜。
sth crunches (under sth)
crunch 作不及物动词时，主语是发出嘎吱声的东西；后常接 under 短语说明在哪里作响。
The snow crunched under our boots.
雪在我们的靴子下嘎吱作响。
crunch the gears
crunch the gears 指驾驶操作不当（如离合器未同步就换挡）使齿轮发出嘎吱声。
He crunched the gears because he released the clutch too quickly.
Connections
Collocations
- crunch on [sth]
- 嘎吱嘎吱地嚼（某食物）
- She was crunching on a carrot.她正嘎吱嘎吱地嚼着一根胡萝卜。
- crunch through [snow/leaves]
- 嘎吱嘎吱地踩过（雪/落叶）
- We crunched through the snow to the cabin.我们嘎吱嘎吱地踩着雪走到小屋。
- crunch underfoot
- （碎石、落叶等）在脚下嘎吱作响
- The dry leaves crunched underfoot.干枯的落叶在脚下嘎吱作响。
- crunch the gears
- （换挡不当）使齿轮嘎吱作响
- He crunched the gears as he tried to reverse.他倒车时挂挡不当，齿轮嘎吱作响。
- crunch up [sth]
- 把（纸等）揉成一团并弄出嘎吱声
- She crunched up the letter and tossed it in the bin.她把信揉成一团，发出嘎吱声，扔进了垃圾桶。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：咬碎脆薯片的“咔嚓”声，就是 crunch——嘎吱作响地压碎。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：crisp food、physical crushing/grinding、gear shifting、data compression 该动词的语域随场景变化：日常口语中多用于描述咬碎脆食物或压碎东西时的嘎吱声；在机械或驾驶语境中可指齿轮摩擦作响；计算机领域则指数据压缩。通常较少出现在严肃的正式文体中，使用时需根据搭配判断具体含义。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 crunch 押韵：lunch、punch、bunch、munch、brunch、hunch，均以 /ʌntʃ/ 结尾。注意 crutch /krʌtʃ/ 形近但元音不同，不发 /ʌn/。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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