Модель употребления:
[someone] munches (on) [food]
She munched on an apple while she checked her emails.
Egy almát majszolt, miközben az e-mailjeit nézte.
I could hear someone munching loudly in the cinema.
Hallottam, ahogy valaki hangosan ropogtatott a moziban.
The kids munched carrots in the back seat.
Примеры для изучающих
He is munching an apple.
Épp egy almát majszol.
I like to munch popcorn.
Szeretek popcornt ropogtatni.
Частая ошибка:
Do not confuse munch with much; munch is a verb about eating/chewing.
Значение
chew food steadily and noisily
Коллокации
munch on an apple
|munch on carrots
|munch crisps
|munch popcorn
|munch a sandwich
|munch loudly
|munch noisily
|munch contentedly
|sit and munch
|munch away
Синонимы
chomp (Stronger and more forceful chewing.)
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crunch (Focuses on the loud sound of hard food.)
Антонимы
nibble (Eating in small, quiet bites.)
Определение
To eat by chewing a lot, often loudly.
To chew food steadily, often making a crunching sound.
Модель употребления:
[something] munches (through) [resource]
Rent and bills quickly munched through most of her salary.
A lakbér és a számlák gyorsan felemésztették a fizetésének nagy részét.
That game really munches up my phone battery.
Az a játék tényleg zabálja a telefonom akkuját.
Video calls can munch through your data allowance.
Примеры для изучающих
This app munches up my battery.
Ez az app zabálja az akkumat.
Частая ошибка:
This is a figurative use; it does not mean literal eating.
Значение
use up or process quickly
Коллокации
munch through money
|munch through savings
|munch through data
|munch through a budget
|munch up battery
|munch up storage
Синонимы
eat up (Very common informal metaphor for using resources.)
|
consume (More neutral/formal; less playful than munch.)
Антонимы
save (To avoid using resources.)
Темы
business
|technology
|daily_life
Определение
To use a lot of something quickly.
To use up, consume, or deal with a large amount of something steadily or quickly (often said of money, time, battery power, data, etc.).
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Модель употребления:
have a munch
Let’s grab a quick munch before the movie starts.
Kapjunk be gyorsan valami harapnivalót, mielőtt elkezdődik a film.
We stopped for a munch on the way home.
Hazafelé megálltunk egy kis harapnivalóra.
Примеры для изучающих
I had a quick munch.
Bekaptam gyorsan valami harapnivalót.
Частая ошибка:
This noun use is informal and is more common in British English than American English.
Значение
a quick snack or light meal
Коллокации
have a munch
|a quick munch
|grab a munch
|stop for a munch
Синонимы
snack (Most general word for a small amount of food.)
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bite (Often used in 'a bite to eat'; slightly more general than munch.)
Антонимы
meal (A full, regular eating occasion rather than something small.)
Определение
A small snack or quick bite to eat.
A quick snack or light meal; an act of eating something small (especially in informal British English).
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Модель употребления:
go to a munch
They first met at a local munch and became friends.
Egy helyi munchon találkoztak először, és barátok lettek.
The group hosts a munch once a month at a café.
A csoport havonta egyszer munchot tart egy kávézóban.
Частая ошибка:
This meaning is community-specific and unrelated to eating.
Значение
a casual kink-community meetup
Коллокации
a local munch
|go to a munch
|attend a munch
|host a munch
Синонимы
meetup (More general; not specific to kink/BDSM.)
Антонимы
private session (Not a public social gathering.)
Темы
relationships
|society
Определение
A public meetup for people in the kink community.
A casual social meeting, usually in a public place, for people in the BDSM/kink community to talk and meet others.