crunch

かみ砕く、砕く

硬い物、特に食べ物を、押したり噛んだりして大きな音を立てて砕く。

やさしい英語で： To break something hard, especially food, by pressing or biting it with a loud cracking sound.

• She crunched a biscuit.
• He sat crunching on an apple.
• The machine crunched the empty cans into small pieces.

使い方： crunch on something (He crunched on a raw carrot.)

類義語： crush, chew

よく使う表現： crunch an apple, crunch on something, crunch something up

バリバリ音を立てる、ザクザク音を立てる

硬い物が押されたり割れたりして、バリバリ、ザクザクと大きな音を出す。

やさしい英語で： To make a loud cracking sound when something hard is pressed or broken.

• The gravel crunched underfoot.
• Our boots crunched through the frozen snow.
• Broken glass crunched beneath the car's wheels.

類義語： crackle

よく使う表現： crunch underfoot, crunch beneath something, crunch through snow

計算する、処理する

大量の計算をしたり、多くの情報を処理したりする。

やさしい英語で： To do many calculations with numbers or process a large amount of information.

• Let me crunch the numbers.
• The software crunched millions of records overnight.
• We need to crunch these figures before setting the budget.

類義語： calculate, process, analyze

よく使う表現： crunch numbers, crunch the data

砕ける、つぶれる

圧力を受け、大きなバリバリという音とともに砕けたりつぶれたりする。

やさしい英語で： To break under pressure with a loud cracking sound.

• The shell crunched under his boot.
• Dry leaves crunched beneath the heavy wheels.
• The thin plastic crunched as she squeezed it.

類義語： crumple, break

よく使う表現： crunch beneath something, crunch under something

バリバリという音、ザクザクという音

硬い物を押しつぶしたり、かんだり、割ったりしたときの大きな音。

やさしい英語で： The loud cracking sound made when something hard is pressed, bitten, or broken.

• I heard a loud crunch.
• The biscuit broke with a satisfying crunch.
• We heard the crunch of footsteps on frozen snow.

類義語： crack, crackle

よく使う表現： a loud crunch, with a crunch, the crunch of something

危機、逼迫

時間やお金など、大切なものが足りず苦しい時期。

やさしい英語で： A difficult period when there is not enough time, money, or another important resource.

• The company faces a cash crunch.
• It's crunch time, and everyone is working late.
• A funding crunch forced the hospital to postpone repairs.

類義語： crisis, squeeze

よく使う表現： a cash crunch, a credit crunch, crunch time