crunch

• n. かみ砕く；かみ砕く；ザクザクする
• vt.砕く；バリバリ噛む；ザクザク踏む
• バリバリ音を立てて噛む；ザクザク音を立てて踏む

オノマトペ。

crunch (v.)

1814, from craunch (1630s), probably of imitative origin. Related: Crunched; crunching. The noun is 1836, from the verb; the sense of "critical moment" was popularized 1939 by Winston Churchill, who had used it in his 1938 biography of Marlborough.

1. If it comes to the crunch ，I 'll resign over this.

必要に応じて、私はそれを辞めます。

2.He can rely on my support when the crunch comes.

肝心な時、彼は私の支持に頼ることができる。

3.The Prime Minister is expected to call a crunch meeting on Monday.

首相は月曜日に緊急会議を開く予定だ。

4.She heard the crunch of tires on the gravel driveway.

彼女はタイヤが石をひいて敷かれた車線を通り過ぎて、きしむ音を聞いた。

5.Tomorrow，though，is the crunch .

明日が正念場だ。