crash landingn.

Brit.

/ˌkraʃ ˈlandɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌkræʃ ˈlændɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: crash n.¹, landing n.

Etymology: < crash n.¹ + landing n.

a. An act or instance of landing an aircraft in a way which damages or destroys the craft, esp. in an accident or in emergency conditions.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > landing > emergency

forced landing1917

a wing and a prayer1943

society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > landing > crash landing

hard landing1840

crash landing1928

prang1942

1918 W. A. Bishop Winged Warfare xxi. 261 If I had been just that much later, it would have meant a bad crash landing.

1942 Time 23 Feb. 21/3 The pilot..glided in for a crash landing.

1979 Daily Tel. 8 Mar. 5/2 The British hot air balloon exhibition flew back to London yesterday fully recovered from a crash landing, desert sickness and a near encounter with a hungry lion.

2013 Pretoria (S. Afr.) News (Nexis) 23 Dec. (E1 ed.) 2 A helicopter made a crash-landing in an open piece of land in Allandale Road in Midrand on Saturday.

b. In extended use: an instance of a person landing heavily or roughly.

ΚΠ

1936 Washington Post 3 Feb. 15/1 One can..see the terror written on his face when a jumper knows his take-off was in error and foresees a crash-landing.

1941 Sun (Sydney) 2 Sept. 11/3 Katan tried to light on him with a crash-landing, but thudded on the seat of his pants on the mat instead.

2012 MailOnline (Nexis) 17 Oct. (headline) Swimmer's dive bomb into frozen swimming pool ends with a crash landing after he fails to crack the ice.

2. figurative. A disastrous, chaotic, or embarrassing event.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck > dreadful or severe

tragedy1509

calamity1552

disaster1567

fatality1648

stroke1686

catastrophe1748

tragic1847

big one1978

meltdown1979

1941 Rappahannock (Va.) Rec. 14 Aug. 2/1 (advt.) Avoid a ‘crash landing’ away from home. Carry Travelers' Cheques.

1985 Financial Times 23 May 27/7 What is the relevance of all this theory for the foreign exchange markets? Only that it makes the dreaded crash landing of the dollar appear likelier by the day.

2001 Vanity Fair Oct. 160 At first glance, Let It Come Down, the long-gestated follow-up to Ladies and Gentleman, suggests a painful crash landing for the pale-voiced singer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).

单词	crash landing
释义	crash landingn. Brit. /ˌkraʃ ˈlandɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌkræʃ ˈlændɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: crash n.¹, landing n. Etymology: < crash n.¹ + landing n. 1. a. An act or instance of landing an aircraft in a way which damages or destroys the craft, esp. in an accident or in emergency conditions. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > landing > emergency forced landing1917 a wing and a prayer1943 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > landing > crash landing hard landing1840 crash landing1928 prang1942 1918 W. A. Bishop Winged Warfare xxi. 261 If I had been just that much later, it would have meant a bad crash landing. 1942 Time 23 Feb. 21/3 The pilot..glided in for a crash landing. 1979 Daily Tel. 8 Mar. 5/2 The British hot air balloon exhibition flew back to London yesterday fully recovered from a crash landing, desert sickness and a near encounter with a hungry lion. 2013 Pretoria (S. Afr.) News (Nexis) 23 Dec. (E1 ed.) 2 A helicopter made a crash-landing in an open piece of land in Allandale Road in Midrand on Saturday. b. In extended use: an instance of a person landing heavily or roughly. ΚΠ 1936 Washington Post 3 Feb. 15/1 One can..see the terror written on his face when a jumper knows his take-off was in error and foresees a crash-landing. 1941 Sun (Sydney) 2 Sept. 11/3 Katan tried to light on him with a crash-landing, but thudded on the seat of his pants on the mat instead. 2012 MailOnline (Nexis) 17 Oct. (headline) Swimmer's dive bomb into frozen swimming pool ends with a crash landing after he fails to crack the ice. 2. figurative. A disastrous, chaotic, or embarrassing event. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck > dreadful or severe tragedy1509 calamity1552 disaster1567 fatality1648 stroke1686 catastrophe1748 tragic1847 big one1978 meltdown1979 1941 Rappahannock (Va.) Rec. 14 Aug. 2/1 (advt.) Avoid a ‘crash landing’ away from home. Carry Travelers' Cheques. 1985 Financial Times 23 May 27/7 What is the relevance of all this theory for the foreign exchange markets? Only that it makes the dreaded crash landing of the dollar appear likelier by the day. 2001 Vanity Fair Oct. 160 At first glance, Let It Come Down, the long-gestated follow-up to Ladies and Gentleman, suggests a painful crash landing for the pale-voiced singer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). > as lemmas crash landing crash landing n. a landing involving damage to the aircraft. ΘΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > landing > crash landing hard landing1840 crash landing1928 prang1942 1928 Literary Digest 12 May 74/2 A ‘Chinese three-point landing’ is a crash landing. 1942 Time 23 Feb. 21/3 The pilot..glided in for a crash landing. extracted from crashn.¹ < n.1918 as lemmas
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crash landingn.

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