n. 搗弄數字，數字搗弄
不可數名詞(金融、統計或計算處理領域的)數字運算，數字處理
If you refer to number crunching, you mean activities or processes concerned with numbers or mathematical calculation, for example in finance, statistics, or computing.
The computer does most of the number crunching.
計算機會完成大部分運算。
crunch
英 [kr?nt?] 美 [kr?nt?]
vt. 嘎吱嘎吱地咬嚼；嘎吱嘎吱地壓，碾，跺；[俚]運行，處理
vi. 嘎吱嘎吱地咀嚼；嘎吱嘎吱地動；發嘎吱嘎吱聲
n. 嘎吱聲；決定性沖突；危急情況；經濟收縮
摩擦音； 嘎吱音； 嘎紮嘎紮的咬嚼； 嘎紮咬嚼 復數：
crunches 過去式：crunched 過去分詞：
crunched 現在分詞：crunching 第三人稱單數：crunches
嘎吱嘎吱地嚼
If you crunch something hard, such as a sweet, you crush it noisily between your teeth.
She sucked an ice cube into her mouth, and crunched it loudly...
她吸了塊冰塊到嘴裏，嘎嘣嘎嘣地大聲嚼著。
Richard crunched into the apple.
理查德咬了壹口蘋果。
及物/不及物動詞(使)發出碎裂聲;(使)嘎吱作響
If something crunches or if you crunch it, it makes a breaking or crushing noise, for example when you step on it.
A piece of china crunched under my foot...
我踩碎了壹塊瓷片。
He crunched the sheets of paper in his hands.
他把那沓紙揉得嚓嚓響。
(在小石子鋪成的路上)嘎吱嘎吱地行進 If you crunch across a surface made of very small stones, you move across it causing it to make a crunching noise.
I crunched across the gravel.
我嘎吱嘎吱地走過石子路。
...wheels crunching over a stony surface.
嘎吱嘎吱地駛過石頭路面的車輪
單數名詞緊要關頭;重要事件
You can refer to an important time or event, for example when an important decision has to be made, as the crunch .
Tomorrow, though, is the crunch...
明天可就是緊要關頭了。
He can rely on my support when the crunch comes...
關鍵時刻，他可以依靠我的支持。
The Prime Minister is expected to call a crunch meeting on Monday.
預計首相將於周壹召開緊急會議。
動詞(用計算器或計算機大量地)處理(數字) To crunch numbers means to do a lot of calculations using a calculator or computer.
I pored over the books with great enthusiasm, often crunching the numbers until 1:00 a.m.
我興致勃勃地研究這些賬簿，經常計算到淩晨1點。
6. 可數名詞缺少資金;經濟收縮;財政困難
A situation in which a business or economy has very little money can be referred to as a crunch .
The UN is facing a cash crunch.
聯合國面臨著現金短缺問題。
...a financial crunch that could threaten the company's future.
可能會威脅到該公司前途的財政危機
1. the crunch of feet on snow 腳踩著雪發出的嘎吱嘎吱聲
2. His spade cleaved the firm sand with a satisfying crunch.
他的鍬鑿開了堅實的砂土，發出令人舒心的嘎紮聲。
3. I heard a loud crunch.
我聽到嘎吱壹聲巨響。
4. When it comes to the crunch they will support us.
到緊要關頭他們會支持我們的。
5. If it comes to the crunch they' ll support us.
關鍵時刻他們是會支持我們的。
6. People who crunch nuts at the movies can be very annoying.
看電影時嘎吱作聲地嚼幹果的人會使人十分討厭。
7. There was the crunch of footsteps.
傳來了嗄吱嗄吱的腳步聲。
8. He always says he'll help, but when it comes to the crunch, he does nothing.
他口口聲聲說他壹定幫忙，然而事到臨頭他什麼也不幫。
9. They're against our plan now but when it comes to the crunch they'll support us.
現在他們是反對我們的計劃，但到關鍵時刻會支持我們的。
10. You ever realize Captain Crunch's eyebrows are actually on his hat?
妳知不知道脆脆上尉的眉毛長在帽子上？
11. The credit crunch may also be having lingering effects.
信貸動蕩也許還存在延續效應。
12. You never know when the next job crunch will come.
誰也不能預知下壹次的求職風暴什麽時候會到來。
13. Some mid-market houses say they are well-positioned for the credit crunch.
壹些中型市場收購基金表示，它們有能力應對信貸緊縮。
14. What became known, with irresistible alliteration, as the credit crunch had begun.
然而事實是，不可避免的，信貸危機開始了。
15. The credit crunch is a swathe through the US financial sector.
信用緊縮對美國財政部門產生了巨大轟動。
16. The credit crunch is not passing by without a trace, however.
信貸緊縮不會毫無原由地發生了。
17. The credit crunch and the strong dollar have cut foreign sales.
信貸危機和強勢美元削減了海外銷售。
18. This saved them from the worst of the subprime-related credit crunch. 這使得他們避免了次貸危機的損失。
19. How much will the credit crunch hurt the world economy?
信貸緊縮會對世界經濟產生多大傷害？
20. There was a crunch as he bit the apple.
在他咬蘋果時， 發出嘎紮壹響。