scrunch sth up
up 可放在宾语后，强调把某物揉皱、压紧。
She scrunched the receipt up and put it in her bag.
她把收据揉成一团，放进了包里。
揉皱；压紧；挤成一团
scrunches — third person singular of scrunch
揉皱并压缩以使更紧凑；碾碎；缩紧；嘎吱地响；蜷缩
to crumple and squeeze something so that it becomes more compact
揉皱并压缩以使更紧凑
To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.
一般现在时
She scrunches her nose when she laughs.
她笑的时候皱起鼻子。
一般过去时
He scrunched the paper into a ball.
他把纸揉成一团。
现在进行时
The leaves are scrunching under our feet.
树叶在我们脚下嘎吱作响。
规则动词
She scrunched the paper into a tight ball and threw it away.
她把纸揉成一团扔掉了。
用法提示：此处 scrunch 作及物动词，表示“揉皱、压皱”。
He scrunched up his nose at the unpleasant smell.
他闻到难闻的气味皱起了鼻子。
用法提示：scrunch up 是固定搭配，表示“皱起（五官）”。
I scrunched the wrapper to make it smaller for the trash.
我把包装纸压扁以便扔进垃圾桶。
用法提示：scrunch 表示“挤压使变小”。
up 可放在宾语后，强调把某物揉皱、压紧。
She scrunched the receipt up and put it in her bag.
她把收据揉成一团，放进了包里。
into 后接揉压后的形状或结果。
He scrunched the paper into a ball before throwing it away.
他把纸揉成一团，然后扔掉了。
被动结构强调被揉皱后的状态，up 常保留。
The letter was scrunched up in her hand.
那封信在她手里被揉成了一团。
grammar · medium
易错句子She scrunched the paper to a ball.
正确表达She scrunched the paper into a ball.
表示“把……揉成……形状”时，英语用 into 表示转变结果，不用 to；to 只表示方向或目的地。汉语的“成”容易误对应为 to，但这里应改为 into。
grammar · medium
易错句子The paper is scrunch.
正确表达The paper is scrunched.
scrunch 是动词，不能直接放在 be 动词后作表语；表示“被揉皱的”状态要用过去分词 scrunched 作形容词。汉语形容词没有形态变化，容易忽略英语的 -ed 形式。
scrunch 指把纸、布等揉皱并压紧成团；crunch 指硬物被压碎或踩碎时发出嘎吱声，也可指嚼脆的东西。
crumple 侧重纸张、布料起皱或人瘫软倒下；scrunch 侧重把东西揉成一团并压紧，常与 up 搭配。
squash 强调把柔软或易变形的东西压扁、压烂；scrunch 强调揉皱并收紧成团，对象常是纸、布或身体。
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