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- crush (a hard or brittle foodstuff) with the teeth, making a loud but muffled grinding sound嘎吱嘎吱地嚼（硬或脆的食品）：
she paused to crunch a ginger biscuit.
她停顿了下来, 嘎吱嘎吱地嚼着姜汁饼干。
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- no obj. make such a sound, especially when walking or driving over gravel or an icy surface（尤指在砾石或冰面上行走或驾车经过时）发出嘎吱嘎吱的响声。
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- (especially of a computer) process (large quantities of information)（尤指计算机）捣弄, 处理（大量信息）：
a 32-bit processor that's able to crunch data at a staggering speed.
能以惊人速度处理数据的32位处理器。
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- usu. in sing. a loud muffled grinding sound made when crushing, moving over, or hitting something（碾压、搬动或击打某物时发出的）嘎吱嘎吱的声音：
Marco's fist struck Brian's nose with a crunch.
马尔科的拳头嘎吱一声击中了布赖恩的鼻子。
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the crunch
informal a crucial point or situation, typically one at which a decision with important consequences must be made〈非正式〉紧要关头; 关键时刻：when it comes to the crunch you chicken out.
每到紧要关头, 你就吓得退缩。
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- a severe shortage of money or credit（钱或信用的）短缺, 紧缺：
the Fed would do what it could to ease America's credit crunch.
联邦储备系统会竭尽全力缓解美国的信用危机。
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- a physical exercise designed to strengthen the abdominal muscles; a sit-up（锻炼腹肌的）仰卧起坐。
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