crunch
US: /ˈkɹəntʃ/
UK: /kɹˈʌntʃ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
crunch /krʌntʃ/- danh từ
- sự nhai gặm; sự nghiền
- tiếng nghiến, tiếng răng rắc, tiếng lạo xạo
- ngoại động từ ((cũng) scrunch)
- nhai, gặm
- to crunch a bone: gặm xương
- nghiến kêu răng rắc, làm kêu lạo xạo
- feet crunch the gravel: chân giẫm lên sỏi kêu lạo xạo
- nhai, gặm
- nội động từ ((cũng) scrunch)
- kêu răng rắc, kêu lạo xạo
- gravel crunched under the wheels of the car: sỏi kêu lạo xạo dưới bánh xe
- (+ up, over, through) giẫm chân lên lạo xạo, bước đi lạo xạo (trên sỏi...)
- kêu răng rắc, kêu lạo xạo
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb, adjective+ noun
1 [C, usually sing.] a noise like the sound of sth firm being crushed: the crunch of feet on snow + The car drew up with a crunch of gravel.
2 (the crunch) [sing.] an important and often unpleasant situation or piece of information: The crunch came when she returned from America. + He always says he'll help but when it comes to the crunch (= when it is time for action or decision) he does nothing. + The crunch is that we can't afford to go abroad this year.
3 [C, usually sing.] (especially AmE) a situation in which there is suddenly not enough of sth, especially money: a budget / energy / housing crunch + Higher grain prices are putting a crunch on cattle feeders.
+ verb
1 ~ (on sth) to crush sth noisily between your teeth when you are eating: [VN] She crunched her apple noisily. [also V]
2 to make or cause sth to make a noise like sth hard being crushed
Synonym: SCRUNCH
[V] The snow crunched under our feet. [also VN]
3 [V +adv./prep.] to move over a surface, making a loud crushing noise: I crunched across the gravel to the front door.
4 [VN] (computing) to deal with large amounts of data very quickly: We are waiting for the results officials who are still crunching numbers.
See also -
Phrasal Verbs: crunch sth<->up to crush sth completely: He crunched up the empty pack and threw it out of the window.
+ adjective [only before noun] (informal) a crunch meeting, sports game, etc. is very important and may be the last chance to succeed: Sunday's crunch game with Leeds + The Agriculture Secretary goes into a crunch meeting with senior ministers in Brussels tomorrow.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 chew, bite, crush, grind, munch:
He crunched the nuts between his teeth.
n.
2 moment of truth, decision time, crisis, critical moment, showdown, crux, juncture:
You can count on me when it comes to the crunch.
Collocation
ADV.
loudly | underfoot
Snow crunched underfoot.
| up
PREP.
on
He was crunching loudly on an apple
Concise dictionary
crunches|crunched|crunchingkrʌntʃnoun
+the sound of something crunching
+a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
+the act of crushing
verb
+make crunching noises
+press or grind with a crunching noise
+chew noisily
+reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
