scrunch

verb

1. 发咔嚓咔嚓声；发出嘎吱声
   to make a loud sound like the one that is made when you walk on gravel (= small stones)
   1. The snow scrunched underfoot.
      雪在脚下发出嘎吱嘎吱的声音。
2. 把…揉成一团
   to squeeze sth into a small round shape in your hands
   1. He scrunched up the note and threw it on the fire.
      他把便条揉成一团，扔进了火里。
3. 使蜷缩；使收缩
   to make sth become smaller
   1. The hedgehog scrunched itself up into a ball.
      刺猬蜷成一个圆球。
4. （用手揉捏头发）做松鬈发型
   to create a hairstyle with loose curls by squeezing the hair with the hands

1. VERB (挤压、压碎时)发出喀嚓声，发出嘎吱声
   If something scrunches, it makes a loud sound as it is pressed or crushed or as it presses or crushes something else.
   1. The sand on the floor scrunched under our feet...
      地板上的沙子在我们脚下嘎吱作响。
   2. Her feet scrunch on the gravel.
      她的脚喀嚓喀嚓地踩在沙砾上。
2. VERB 挤扁;掰弯;使变形;使压碎
   If you scrunch something, you squeeze it or bend it so that it is no longer in its natural shape and is often crushed.
   1. Her father scrunched his nose...
      她父亲打歪了他的鼻子。
   2. Her mother was sitting bolt upright, scrunching her white cotton gloves into a ball.
      她母亲坐得笔直，把她的白手套揉成了球状。
   3. Scrunch up means the same as scrunch .
      scrunch up 同scrunch
   4. She scrunched up three pages of notes and threw them in the bin...
      她把 3 页笔记揉成一团扔进了垃圾箱。
   5. I scrunched my hat up in my pocket.
      我把帽子折起来放进口袋。

1. The sand on the floor scrunched under our feet
   地板上的沙子在我们脚下嘎吱作响。
2. Her feet scrunch on the gravel.
   她的脚喀嚓喀嚓地踩在沙砾上。
3. Her father scrunched his nose
   她父亲打歪了他的鼻子。
4. Her mother was sitting bolt upright, scrunching her white cotton gloves into a ball.
   她母亲坐得笔直，把她的白手套揉成了球状。
5. Here I could hide, slide the doors shut behind me, scrunch my eyes tight and breathe in another world.
   在这里我可以躲藏，把滑门拉上关在橱柜里，使劲闭上双眼，然后吸气，在我的这另一世界。
6. Limber hip joints let you scrunch up close to the rock and get right under tiny edges and slopers that would be impossible to hold if your body weight were away from the rock.
   柔软臀部关节可以让你在小的岩角或较斜的地方更能缩进岩壁，如果你的重心离开太远便抓不住；
7. Never scrunch up or grip the floor with your toes in any of the standing poses.
   在任何体式里都不要用脚蜷缩或者紧抠地板。
8. With a scrunch and a skid we drove off at high speed.
   嘎吱一声车轮一打滑，我们飞快地把车开走了。

noun

1. a crunching noise

verb

1. make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface
   1. The dress got wrinkled
   2. crease the paper like this to make a crane

   Synonym:    wrinklerucklecreasecrinklescrunch upcrisp

2. sit on one's heels
   1. In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting
   2. The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm

   Synonym:    squatcrouchscrunch uphunkerhunker down

3. make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants

   Synonym:    crumpthud