名詞 crunch:

1. the sound of something crunching
2. a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
3. the act of crushing
   同義詞：crush, compaction

動(dòng)詞 crunch:

1. make crunching noises
   同義詞：scranch, scraunch, crackle
2. press or grind with a crunching noise
   同義詞：cranch, craunch, grind
3. chew noisily
   同義詞：munch
4. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
   同義詞：grind, mash, bray, comminute

1. The frozen snow crunched under our feet.
   凍結(jié)的雪在我們的腳下嘎吱作響。
2. The wheels crunched the gravel.
   車(chē)輪碾在碎石上嘎吱嘎吱地響。
3. There was a crunch as he bit the apple.
   在他咬蘋(píng)果時(shí)，發(fā)出嘎扎一響。
4. He always says he'll help, but when it comes to the crunch, he does nothing.
   他口口聲聲說(shuō)他一定幫忙，然而事到臨頭他什麼也不幫。

crunch

v.（動(dòng)詞）
crunched,crunch.ing,crunch.es
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To chew with a noisy crackling sound.
嘎吱嘎吱地咀嚼
To crush, grind, or tread noisily.
嘎吱嘎吱地壓，嘎吱嘎吱地碾，嘎吱嘎吱地跺
Slang To perform operations on; manipulate or process (numerical or mathematical data).
【俚語(yǔ)】 運(yùn)行，處理：在…上運(yùn)行；處理（數(shù)字或數(shù)學(xué)數(shù)據(jù)）
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To chew noisily with a crackling sound:
嘎吱嘎吱地咀嚼：
例句：
crunching on celery.
嘎吱嘎吱地嚼著芹菜

To move with a crushing sound:
嘎吱嘎吱地動(dòng)：發(fā)出嘎吱嘎吱聲地移動(dòng)：
例句：
crunching through the snow.
嘎吱嘎吱地踩著雪前進(jìn)

To produce or emit a crushing sound.
發(fā)嘎吱嘎吱聲：產(chǎn)生或發(fā)出嘎吱嘎吱的聲音
n.（名詞）
The act or sound of crunching.
嘎吱聲：發(fā)出嘎吱聲的行為

A decisive confrontation.
決定性沖突
A critical moment or situation, especially one that occurs because of a shortage of time or resources:
危急情況：危急時(shí)刻或緊急狀態(tài)，尤指由于缺少時(shí)間或資源而產(chǎn)生的危機(jī)：
例句：
a year-end crunch; an energy crunch.
年底的危急狀況；能源危機(jī)

A period of financial difficulty characterized by tight money and unavailability of credit.
經(jīng)濟(jì)收縮：以貸錢(qián)困難和信用無(wú)效為特征的財(cái)政困難時(shí)期

來(lái)源：
Alteration of craunch [possibly of imitative origin]
craunch的變化 [可能源于擬音詞]

【引伸】
crunch.able
adj.（形容詞）