scrunch
verb
uk/skrʌntʃ/us/skrʌntʃ/scrunchverb(MAKE A NOISE)
[IorT]
to make thenoiseproducedby hard things beingpressedtogether, or topresshard things together so that they make anoise:
(使)嘎吱作响Thepebblesscrunched beneathourfeet.我们脚下的鹅卵石嘎吱作响。
We scrunchedsnowunderourfeet.雪在我们脚下嘎吱作响。
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- babble
- blaze
- chuff
- clatter
- click away
- clicker
- clinking
- clunk
- crump
- gunshot
- hiss
- jangling
- pip
- plunk
- putter
- sonic boom
- squelch
- tick
- white noise
- whoosh
scrunchverb(CRUSH)
[T]
tocrushmaterialsuch aspaperorclothinto aroughballin thehand:
将…揉成团She scrunched theletterupandthrewit in thebin.她把信揉成团,扔进了垃圾筒。
Squeezing and grinding
- compression
- concertina
- constrict
- constriction
- crush
- gnashyourteethidiom
- mash
- mill
- nip
- noncompressible
- pinch
- pound
- presser
- pulp
- snap
- squash
- squinch
- squish
- tamp
- unmilled
scrunchverb(MAKE SMALL)
[IorT,+ adv/prep]
to make something or yourselfsmallertofitinto asmallspace:
缩小;收缩Thecatwashiding, scrunchedupunder thesofa.猫藏了起来,蜷缩在沙发下面。
[IorT,usually+ adv/prep]
to makeyourfaceorpartofyourfaceinto atightshapeinorderto show anemotion, or to go into atightshapethatexpressesanemotion:
扭曲(面部);板着脸He wasredwithangerand hisfacewas all scrunchedup.他气得面红耳赤,板着脸孔。
Not holding the body upright
- bent double
- bowed
- cower
- crouch
- double
- double(someone)up/over
- huddled
- hunch
- hunched
- loll
- lounge
- lounge around (something)
- slouch
- slump
- slumped
- sprawl
- stoop
- stooped
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Making things more or less smooth or straight
Grimacing and frowning