crunching

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crunching — verb

  • crunchingpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • crunchings3rd person singular
  • crunchinging-ing form
  • crunchingedpast simple

1. to use your teeth to break up something hard and crisp — like an apple, a cracke

1.動詞及物 / 不及物B1
釋義

to use your teeth to break up something hard and crisp — like an apple, a cracker, or a nut — so that it produces a loud, sharp sound; or for an object like gravel, snow, or dead leaves to make a similar breaking sound under pressure.

例句

The children were crunching on crispy apples during their afternoon break.

crunch + on + food (transitive pattern)

We heard the frozen snow crunching under the tyres of the delivery van.

intransitive: snow/gravel crunches under weight

同義詞
  • crush

    wider meaning — crushing can be silent (e.g. crushing a box); crunching is always noisy

  • munch

    munching is chewing steadily with the mouth closed; crunching emphasises the loud, crisp sound

  • chew

    general term for using teeth to break food; crunching is a specific loud type of chewing

文法句型

crunch + noun (food or brittle object)

crunch + adverb/preposition (on/through)

something crunches + adverb

用法筆記

This sense has two typical subjects: a person eating hard/crisp food (transitive: crunch + on + food), or an inanimate object making the sound under pressure (intransitive: leaves/snow/gravel crunch). The transitive pattern is most common with food; the intransitive pattern extends to any brittle material.

常見錯誤

❌He crunched the empty can with his hand.
✅He crushed the empty can with his hand.
💡'crunch' is for teeth or the sound of breaking; for squeezing or pressing something out of shape, use 'crush'.
❌She crunched her cereal quietly.
✅She crunched her cereal noisily.' or 'She ate her cereal quietly.
💡crunching is inherently loud; if there is no noise, another verb is more suitable.