scrunch

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A crunching noise.
    — The watchers knew already that the door was fastened and looked for the unknown to produce a key. Instead, there was a sudden scrunch of iron, a splintering of wood, and the door swung loosely open.
动词 v.
  1. To crumple and squeeze to make more compact. transitive
    — He scrunched the paper into a ball and threw it at the whistling girl.
  2. To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.; To contract the muscles of one's face so as to draw their facial features together, out of pain, discomfort, uncertainty, etc. transitive
    — He scrunched his face at his wife's confounding request.
  3. Alternative form of scranch. alt-of,alternative

词形变化

scrunches present,singular,third-person scrunching participle,present scrunched participle,past scrunched past scrunches plural

词汇关系

相关词
scrunchie scrunch up

词源

词源 1
Attested since about 1800. Probably an intensive form of crunch; ultimately derived from the onomatopoeia of a crumpling sound; or perhaps a blend of squeeze + crunch.
词源 2
Attested since about 1800. Probably an intensive form of crunch; ultimately derived from the onomatopoeia of a crumpling sound; or perhaps a blend of squeeze + crunch.
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