the scrunch of sth
常用结构，后接 of 加发出声响的事物，指某物被踩踏或摩擦时发出的嘎吱声。
She heard the scrunch of gravel under the car tyres.
她听见车轮下砾石发出的嘎吱声。
嘎嘎响声
嘎吱声
A crunching noise.
We heard a loud scrunch as he stepped on the dry leaves.
他踩到干树叶时，我们听到一声响亮的嘎吱声。
用法提示：这里'scrunch'作为名词，表示踩踏干燥物体时发出的嘎吱响声。
The car came to a sudden stop with a metallic scrunch.
汽车突然停下，发出一声金属嘎吱声。
用法提示：'scrunch'作为名词，描述金属碰撞的嘎吱响声。
She ate the apple and every bite produced a satisfying scrunch.
她吃着苹果，每一口都发出令人满意的嘎吱声。
用法提示：'scrunch'作为名词，指咀嚼脆食物时发出的声音。
常用结构，后接 of 加发出声响的事物，指某物被踩踏或摩擦时发出的嘎吱声。
She heard the scrunch of gravel under the car tyres.
她听见车轮下砾石发出的嘎吱声。
介词短语作状语，说明动作伴随的嘎吱声响，前面常与 give way、close、break 等动词连用。
The dry leaves gave way with a scrunch under our boots.
干枯的落叶在我们靴子下嘎吱一声陷了下去。
grammar · medium
易错句子I heard two scrunchs of gravel behind me.
正确表达I heard two scrunches of gravel behind me.
scrunch 结尾是 -ch，作可数名词变复数时要加 -es，写成 scrunches；直接在词尾加 -s 的 scrunchs 是拼写错误。
grammar · medium
易错句子Then I heard scrunch of footsteps on the path.
正确表达Then I heard a scrunch of footsteps on the path.
此处 scrunch 是可数名词，指“一阵嘎吱声”，单数形式前必须加不定冠词 a；汉语名词本身不带冠词，学习者容易漏掉。
crunch 作名词时也指碾碎、踩碎或咬碎硬物发出的声音，常暗示物体被压碎；scrunch 多指纸、碎石等被挤压时短促的脆响，声音更轻更尖。两者在“咔嚓声”上可通用，但 crunch 更强调“压碎”。
crinkle 指纸张、锡箔等轻薄材料发出的细碎沙沙声，通常比 scrunch 更轻、更连续；scrunch 则是短促的挤压脆响，常伴随揉皱的动作。
scrounge 是动词，意思是向别人讨要或四处翻找东西，和表示“嘎吱声”的名词 scrunch 只是拼写和发音接近，意义与词性都不同；不要把表示声音的 scrunch 写成 scrounge。
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