
crunching
词源
源自中古英语 'cronchen',可能模仿了咀嚼或压碎时发出的声音。与德语 'krachen'(发出爆裂声)有关。
verb
❶ 指用力咀嚼或压碎食物时发出的嘎吱声,也用于形容物体被挤压或踩踏时发出的类似声响。
“She was crunching on an apple loudly during the meeting.”
(她在会议期间大声地嚼着苹果。)
“The leaves made a crunching sound under our feet as we walked through the forest.”
(当我们穿过森林时,脚下的树叶发出嘎吱嘎吱的声音。)
❶ 在计算机领域,指处理大量数据或进行复杂计算的过程,通常需要大量计算资源。
“The computer is crunching numbers for the financial report.”
(计算机正在为财务报告处理大量数据。)
“Our servers are crunching data to analyze customer behavior patterns.”
(我们的服务器正在处理数据以分析客户行为模式。)
noun
❶ 指咀嚼或压碎时发出的声音,也指需要大量计算资源的数据处理过程。
“The crunching of celery echoed through the quiet kitchen.”
(芹菜被咀嚼的声音在安静的厨房里回荡。)
“The crunching of gravel announced the arrival of visitors.”
(碎石被踩踏的声音宣告着访客的到来。)
常见短语
number crunching — 指处理大量数字或数据的计算过程,常用于财务、统计或科学计算领域。
“The accounting department spends most of their time on number crunching.”
(会计部门大部分时间都在处理数字计算。)
crunching the numbers — 表示正在仔细计算或分析数据,通常用于商业决策或财务分析场景。
“Before making the investment, we need to spend some time crunching the numbers.”
(在投资之前,我们需要花些时间仔细计算和分析数据。)