crunch

croquer, écraser

Briser quelque chose de dur, surtout un aliment, en le pressant ou le mordant avec un fort craquement.

En anglais simple : To break something hard, especially food, by pressing or biting it with a loud cracking sound.

• She crunched a biscuit.
• He sat crunching on an apple.
• The machine crunched the empty cans into small pieces.

Comment l'utiliser : crunch on something (He crunched on a raw carrot.)

Synonymes : crush, chew

Expressions courantes : crunch an apple, crunch on something, crunch something up

craquer, crisser

Produire un craquement fort quand une matière dure est pressée ou cassée.

En anglais simple : To make a loud cracking sound when something hard is pressed or broken.

• The gravel crunched underfoot.
• Our boots crunched through the frozen snow.
• Broken glass crunched beneath the car's wheels.

Synonymes : crackle

Expressions courantes : crunch underfoot, crunch beneath something, crunch through snow

calculer, traiter

Faire de nombreux calculs ou traiter une grande quantité d’informations.

En anglais simple : To do many calculations with numbers or process a large amount of information.

• Let me crunch the numbers.
• The software crunched millions of records overnight.
• We need to crunch these figures before setting the budget.

Synonymes : calculate, process, analyze

Expressions courantes : crunch numbers, crunch the data

s'écraser, craquer

Se casser sous la pression en produisant un fort craquement.

En anglais simple : To break under pressure with a loud cracking sound.

• The shell crunched under his boot.
• Dry leaves crunched beneath the heavy wheels.
• The thin plastic crunched as she squeezed it.

Synonymes : crumple, break

Expressions courantes : crunch beneath something, crunch under something

craquement, crissement

Bruit fort produit quand on écrase, mord ou casse quelque chose de dur.

En anglais simple : The loud cracking sound made when something hard is pressed, bitten, or broken.

• I heard a loud crunch.
• The biscuit broke with a satisfying crunch.
• We heard the crunch of footsteps on frozen snow.

Synonymes : crack, crackle

Expressions courantes : a loud crunch, with a crunch, the crunch of something

crise, période critique

Période difficile où le temps, l’argent ou une autre ressource importante manque.

En anglais simple : A difficult period when there is not enough time, money, or another important resource.

• The company faces a cash crunch.
• It's crunch time, and everyone is working late.
• A funding crunch forced the hospital to postpone repairs.

Synonymes : crisis, squeeze

Expressions courantes : a cash crunch, a credit crunch, crunch time