单词 | crash course |
释义 | crash coursen. 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. ΘΠ 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. ΘΠ 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). < n.1949 |
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