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单词 crash course
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crash coursen.

Brit. /ˈkraʃ kɔːs/, U.S. /ˈkræʃ ˌkɔrs/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: crash n.1, course n.1
Etymology: < crash n.1 + course n.1
1. A route or path (typically of an aeroplane, train, or other vehicle) that, if followed, will lead to a collision; a collision course. Also figurative: a course of action that, if followed, will inevitably lead to an undesirable or unpleasant outcome.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [noun] > leading to collision
collision course1944
1949 Washington Post 11 Nov. 1/6 Erick Rios Bridoux has sworn he never heard explicit orders to ‘turn left’ from his crash course with a DC-4 near National Airport.
1969 Black Scholar Dec. 57 America is headed on a crash course with humanity.
1980 N.Y. Times 9 Nov. 40/1 A Conrail tower operator's improper instructions routed an Amtrak Turboliner onto a crash course with a freight train.
2022 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 24 May 22 Make no mistake: right now we're on a crash course to climate catastrophe. That requires a sharp correction.
2. An intensive, and usually brief, course of study intended to give instruction on the most salient points in a particular subject, discipline, etc. Also (figurative): any immersive experience that resembles such a course.
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society > education > teaching > means of teaching > [noun] > class or course > types of
summer session1594
evening class1762
summer school1793
training course1822
shop class1844
elective1850
optional1855
night class1870
correspondence class1876
Chautauqua1884
correspondence course1902
gut1902
holiday course1906
shop1912
pud1917
training seminar1917
film school1929
day school1931
refresher1939
farm shop1941
survey course1941
weekend course1944
crash programme1947
sandwich course1955
thick sandwich1962
module1966
bird course1975
1958 Washington Post 23 Mar. f8/2 The guides will attend ‘crash’ courses designed to brief them on Belgium..and the cultures of Western Europe.
1968 C. Bonington in Daily Tel. 15 July 13/4 At the briefing, expedition members were given a crash course in radio communication, zoology, pistol shooting and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
1985 Toronto Star (Nexis) 12 Sept. b1 After hot dogs and beer.., the crowd got a crash course in contemporary Canadian kid's music.
2019 E. Snowden Permanent Rec. iv. 42 A crash course on how to build my own computer led to a crash course in processor architecture.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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