English Dictionary

crunchie

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkɹʌnt͡ʃi/

名詞

通例複数形 南アフリカ英語 軽蔑的 民族名 攻撃的 俗語 差別語

A somewhat granola- or cookie-like chocolate-covered sweet, served in bar form. / (US Vietnam era military slang, usually in the plural) An infantry soldier, a grunt.

日本語の意味

グラノーラやクッキーのような食感を持ち、チョコレートでコーティングされたバー状の甘いお菓子 / （アメリカ・ベトナム戦争時の軍事用スラングで、通常複数形で使用される）歩兵、下級兵

I bought a crunchie at the station kiosk and saved it for a late-night snack.

駅の売店でチョコレートでコーティングされた、グラノーラやクッキーのようなバー状の菓子を買って、夜遅くの軽食のために取っておきました。

意味（1）

A somewhat granola- or cookie-like chocolate-covered sweet, served in bar form.

“Crunchie?” said Velvet, her face lighting. “I got them this morning.” “On tick still?” “Yes. She was cross but I swore we'd pay by Saturday.” In the gold paper was a chocolate stick. Beneath the chocolate was a sort of honeycomb, crisp and friable, something between biscuit and burnt sugar. Fry's chocolate crunchie.

意味（2）

(US Vietnam era military slang, usually in the plural) An infantry soldier, a grunt.

To the subjective mind of the combat crunchie and cannon cocker, executing with his legs, sweat, and often his life, the grand designs …

意味（3）

(South Africa, slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A white Afrikaner.

[…]the tyranny of the rockspiders, crunchies, hairybacks, ropes, and bloody Dutchmen. Those were the names by which we referred to Afrikaners.

crunchies （ plural ）