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英 [krʌntʃ] 美 [krʌntʃ]
v. 嘎吱嘎吱地嚼；（使）发出碎裂声；嘎吱嘎吱地行进；（大量地）处理（数字）
n. 压碎声，碎裂声；<非正式>危急关头，艰难局面（the crunch）；不足，短缺；仰卧起坐
[ 复数 crunches 第三人称单数 crunches 现在分词 crunching 过去式 crunched 过去分词 crunched ]
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
crunch /krʌntʃ/ CET6+ TEM8 ( crunching, crunched, crunches )
1.V-T/V-I If you crunch something hard, such as a sweet, or if it crunches, you crush it noisily between your teeth. 嘎吱嘎吱地咬嚼 (某物); 发出嘎吱声
2.V-T/V-I If something crunches or if you crunch it, it makes a breaking or crushing noise, for example, when you step on it. 嘎吱嘎吱地碾或踩 (某物); 发出嘎吱声
3.N-COUNT Crunch is also a noun. 嘎吱嘎吱的声音
4.V-I If you crunch across a surface made of very small stones, you move across it causing it to make a crunching noise. 嘎吱嘎吱地踩
5.V-T To crunch numbers means to do a lot of calculations using a calculator or computer. (用计算器或电脑) 运算
6.N-SING You can refer to an important time or event, for example, when an important decision has to be made, as the crunch. 关键时刻
7.N-COUNT A situation in which a business or economy has very little money can be referred to as a crunch. 财政困难 [商业]
credit crunch 信用紧缩 ; 信贷紧缩 ; 头寸紧 ; 信贷压碎
Big Crunch 大挤压 ; 大坍缩 ; 大塌缩 ; 大压缩
CRUNCH CHOCOLATE 甘脆朱古力 ; 脆心巧克力
kindergarten crunch 幼儿园 ; 幼儿园“入园难
crunch time 刻不容缓 ; 关键时间 ; 关键时刻 ; 转捩点
abdominal crunch 仰卧起坐 ; 腹部训练机 ; 仰卧力拉 ; 腹部卷体
reverse crunch 反向卷腹 ; 反向卷体
Traditional Crunch 仰卧起坐 ; 传统仰卧起坐
1、The crunch came when she returned from America. 她从美国回来以后，危机就出现了。
2、Iceland, the first nation to go bankrupt in the credit crunch. 冰岛是第一个在信贷紧缩中破产的国家。
3、There is absolutely no credit crunch on the main streets of small businesses. 在小企业的主要街道上绝对不存在信贷危机。
Caught in a severe budget crunch, many states have sharply scaled back their funding for higher education.
由于面临严重的预算紧缩，许多州大幅削减了对高等教育的资助。
For most of the last decade, this trend has been upward, except for the most severe periods of credit crunch.
近十年的大多数时间里，这一趋势是向上的，除了信用危机最为严重的时期之外。
If there is one lesson everybody should take away from the credit crunch, it is that central bankers, no less than dentists, are only human.
如果说有一个教训是每个人都应该从信贷危机中吸取的，那就是央行行长和牙医一样都是凡人。
This advice is more relevant now than ever before, even as more parents want to embrace the ideas of their children, despite the current housing crunch.
这个建议现在比以往任何时候都更有意义，尽管目前住房紧缩，现在有更多的父母希望听取他们孩子的想法。
The U.N. is facing a cash crunch.
联合国正面临着资金短缺。
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The car drew up with a crunch of gravel.
那辆汽车在沙砾路上嘎吱一声停了下来。
《牛津词典》
He can rely on my support when the crunch comes.
在关键时刻他会得到我的支持的。
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She heard the crunch of tyres on the gravel driveway.
她听到车胎碾在碎石铺成的私家车道上发出的嘎吱声。
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The crunch is that we can't afford to go abroad this year.
症结在于我们今年担负不起出国的费用。
《牛津词典》
For Joseph, a colleague at Chloe's office, it is Bach playing on the stereo before the screech of brakes and the crunch of metal.
对克洛伊办公室的同事约瑟夫来说，音响里播放的是巴赫的音乐，然后是刺耳的刹车声和金属的嘎吱声。
We eat while watching TV, we munch on something at our desk at work, we crunch on something while driving and drink something while reading or waiting.
看电视时吃点小零食，工作时嘴里嚼嚼东西，开车时吃点东西，阅读或者等候时也会来点喝的。
“危机偷走了圣诞节！”
Then came the credit crunch.
那时信贷危机到来了。
Will the credit crunch continue?
信贷紧缩还将持续吗？
A credit crunch would hurt.
信贷紧缩将可能威胁经济。
And he can make grapes crunch.
而且他连吃葡萄都能嘎嘎作响。
“我们需要那种嘎吱脆！”她补充道。
The credit crunch stopped all that.
但信用紧缩让一切嘎然而止。
The mortgage crunch makes matters worse.
贷款紧缩使得情况更糟。
Crunch, crunch, swallow.
嘎吱嘎吱，吞下。
So the credit crunch will not ease quickly.
因此，信贷紧缩不会迅速缓解。
Then, last winter, the credit crunch struck.
信贷危机在去年冬天时爆发了。
This week is crunch time for both sides.
本周对于双方都是关键时刻。
Can biology explain the global credit crunch?
用生物学解释全球信贷危机？
The credit crunch may have sparked the crisis.
信贷紧缩或许是引发危机的根源。
Is this crunch time for the credit crunch?
目前是此次信贷危机的危急时刻吗？
This autumn is crunch time for Mr Sarkozy.
对萨科齐而言，这个秋季是个危机时期。