| 词组 | a number cruncher |
| 释义 | Idiom a number cruncher humorous 1. someone whose job is to work with numbers and mathematics. She may not look like a number cruncher but she's with a big firm of accountants. 2. a computer that is able to solve complicated problems of mathematics. The television broadcasters will use their number crunchers on election night to try and forecast the result. number cruncher1. A person who works primarily with large, numerous, or complex mathematical equations. I didn't realize you had to be a number cruncher in this job. I'm finding it really overwhelming! I leave the more serious computations to the number crunchers in the accounting department. 2. A computer capable of performing very large or complicated mathematical calculations. The company's newest number cruncher is designed to process huge amounts of data mined from millions of their customers. 3. A computer program designed to perform very large or complicated mathematical calculations. We used to process all these data manually, but eventually I decided to create a number cruncher to do it for us. number-cruncher1. n. someone who works with figures; an accountant. The number-crunchers are trying to get the annual report ready. 2. n. a large and powerful computer. (Computers.) They traded in the old computer for a powerful number-cruncher. number cruncherAlso, number crunching. An individual or machine that calculates and analyzes large amounts of data. Dating from the 1960s, the term originally was applied to a computer, but it soon was transferred to accountants or statisticians. It is sometimes used perjoratively, implying mechanical counting with lack of imagination. Time used it (June 28, 2010): “Attack of the Math Brats. How a generation of number-crunching online upstarts has come to dominate high-stakes professional poker.” |
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