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scrunch

/skruhnch, skroonch/US // skrʌntʃ, skrʊntʃ //UK // (skrʌntʃ) //

抓紧时间,挠头,挠痒痒,抓紧

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to crunch, crush, or crumple.
    • : to contract; squeeze together: I had to scrunch my shoulders to get through the door.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to squat or hunker.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or sound of scrunching.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The goal should not be to terrify the bejesus out of the public, lest they scrunch their noses and give up.

  • She heard his stealthy pads scrunch on the snow the other side of the wall, and then he found the hole.

  • Behind him there was the scrunch, the grinding roar, of the long line of steel wheels carrying the runaway spoil train.

  • Then suddenly there was a rush and a roar and a yell of voices--and the scrunch of swiftly applied brakes.

  • They went on like ghostly, silent shadows, only the scrunch of the cones underfoot told of their solidity.

  • Aspinall obeyed, and next moment was writhing under the “scrunch” which the president in his humour bestowed upon it.