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scrunch

noun
🔊/skrʌntʃ/
🔊/skrʌntʃ/
[singular]
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  1. a loud sound like the one that is made when you walk on gravel (= small stones)发咔嚓咔嚓声；发出嘎吱声
    • the scrunch of tyres on the gravel轮胎碾在砾石上发出的咔嚓咔嚓声

scrunch

verb
🔊/skrʌntʃ/
🔊/skrʌntʃ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they scrunch
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he / she / it scrunches
🔊/ˈskrʌntʃɪz/
🔊/ˈskrʌntʃɪz/
past simple scrunched
🔊/skrʌntʃt/
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past participle scrunched
🔊/skrʌntʃt/
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-ing form scrunching
🔊/ˈskrʌntʃɪŋ/
🔊/ˈskrʌntʃɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] to make a loud sound like the one that is made when you walk on gravel发咔嚓咔嚓声；发出嘎吱声 (= small stones) synonym crunch
    • The snow scrunched underfoot.雪在脚下发出嘎吱嘎吱的声音。🔊🔊
  2. [transitive] scrunch something (up) to cause something to form a small round shape with your hand把…揉成一团
    • He scrunched up the note and threw it on the fire.他把便条揉成一团，扔进了火里。🔊🔊
  3. [transitive] scrunch something (up) to make something become smaller or squeezed together使蜷缩；使收缩
    • The hedgehog scrunched itself up into a ball.刺猬蜷成一个圆球。🔊🔊
    • She scrunched up her face, as if about to cry.她皱起脸，好像要哭了。
    • She makes funny faces, scrunching up her nose and holding it.她做了有趣的脸，皱起鼻子，抓住它。
    • He scrunched hs eyes tightly.他紧紧地把眼睛咬紧了。
  4. [transitive] scrunch something to create a loose curly hairstyle by squeezing the hair with the hands（用手揉捏头发）做松鬈发型Topics Appearancec2
    5. Word Originlate 18th cent. (in the sense ‘eat or bite noisily’): probably imitative; compare with crunch.