craunch

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A grinding or crunching sound. archaic
    — He sat down to write, and occupied himself with certain papers, until there was a far-off sound of wheels: some vehicle was slowly entering the great gates; a craunch upon the gravel sweep.
  2. A portion of a stratum or vein left in excavating to support the roof.
动词 v.
  1. To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch. archaic,transitive
    — She would craunch the wing of a lark, bones and all, between her teeth, although it were nine times as large as that of a full-grown turkey; and put a bit of bread into her mouth as big as two twelve-penny loaves.

词形变化

craunches present,singular,third-person craunching participle,present craunched participle,past craunched past craunches plural

词源

词源 1
See crunch.
词源 2
See crunch.
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