单词 | crunch time |
释义 | > as lemmascrunch time crunch time n. a crucial or decisive stage in a process or undertaking; the point at which a decision must unavoidably be made, typically before a deadline or event. ΚΠ 1933 SaMoJaC (Santa Monica Junior Coll.) 20 Sept. The vice president of this institution could have been seen around last Thursday crunch-time smoking a pipe. 1968 Leader-Times (Kittanning, Pa.) 7 Feb. 20/2 (headline) It's crunch time at the White House. 2020 Evening Gaz. (Middlesborough) (Nexis) 6 Mar. They have to wake up to the situation and do something about it. It's crunch time. < as lemmas |
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