crunch
嚼
常用释义
英音[ krʌntʃ ]
美音[ krʌntʃ ]
变形
复数:
crunches
第三人称单数:
crunches
现在分词:
crunching
过去式:
crunched
过去分词:
crunched
基本释义
- 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
考试频率
考研
考频：近六年出现1次
- n. 不足; 短缺
例句
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1·The crunch came when she returned from America.她从美国回来以后，危机就出现了。来源: 《牛津词典》
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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。
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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。
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4·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。
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5·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。
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6·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。
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7·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。
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8·The U.N. is facing a cash crunch.联合国正面临着资金短缺。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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9·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。来源: 《牛津词典》
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10·He can rely on my support when the crunch comes.在关键时刻他会得到我的支持的。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
网络释义
- credit crunch : 信贷紧缩；信贷危机（等于credit crisis）
- crunch time : 关键时刻；关键时间
同根词
词根：
crunch
crunchy
adj
易碎的；发嘎吱嘎吱声的