[no obj.](Brit. informal)make a crunching or grinding noise (英,非正式)发出吱吱嘎嘎的声音,发出摩擦声 the wheels soon graunched against a broken stone wall. 轮子很快就擦着残破的石墙发出吱吱嘎嘎的声音。 ■[with obj.](NZ)damage (something) (新西兰)损坏 she sat massaging a shoulder she'd graunched last week. 她坐着按摩上周受伤的那只肩膀。
语源
late 19th cent. (originally Leicestershire dialect): imitative