| 释义 |
crash
I. \ˈkrash, -raa(ə)sh, -raish\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle English crasschen, perhaps alteration of crasen to break — more at craze
transitive verb
1.
a. : to break into pieces violently and noisily : smash, shatter
< crash a glass against a wall >
b. : to bring (an airplane) down in such a manner that damage is sustained in landing
2.
a. : to cause to make a loud noise : make a loud shattering or clattering noise with
b. : to force (as one's way) with loud crashing noises
< crash one's way through brush >
3. obsolete : to snap (the teeth) together : gnash
4.
a. : to enter or attend without invitation or credentials or without paying
< crash a dance >
< crash an executive's office >
b. : to gain acceptance, position, or recognition in usually suddenly and spectacularly
< the murder crashed the headlines >
< when television crashed the retail market >
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to break or go to pieces especially with or as if with violence and noise
< the national economy crashed >
b. : to crash an airplane
2. : to make a loud smashing or shattering noise
< crashing thunder >
3.
a. : to move with or as if with a crashing noise
< the doors crashed open >
< the crashed into the room >
b. : to force one's way with or as if with a crash
< he crashed through the line for a touchdown >
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- crash the gate
II. noun
(-es)
1. : a loud sound (as of many hard things smashing or shattering) : smash
< a crash of thunder >
< the crash of a military band >
< a crash of applause >
< a crash of static >
— often used interjectionally
< crash went the lamp against the floor >
2. : a breaking to pieces especially by or as if by collision : a smashing especially of or as if of heavy bodies; also : an instance of crashing
< an airplane crash >
< the crash of a falling tree >
3.
a. : a sudden failure especially of a business : a sudden widespread business collapse
< stock market crash >
b. : the period of heavy mortality and sharp decline in numbers of an animal with strongly developed population cycles; also : the decline in population during such a period
4. archaic : spell, bout, turn — used especially in the phrase have a crash at
5. : a basket of glass or pottery fragments used in the theater to imitate the sound of breaking glass
III. adjective
: designed to meet emergency conditions especially in the shortest possible time by maximum utilization of resources
< a crash program >
< crash priority >
< do a crash job of making the most needed changes — G.C.Smith >
IV. noun
(-es)
Etymology: probably modification of Russian krashenina colored linen, from krashenie dyeing, from krasit' to color, beautify, from krasa beauty; probably akin to Sanskrit carkṛti praise — more at caduceus
1.
a. : a coarse fabric made in plain weave of uneven linen, rayon, cotton, or jute and cotton yarns and used for draperies, toweling, and table linen and often in smooth-finished form for clothing
b. : a fabric covering for a carpeted floor (as for use during a dance)
2. : a grayish yellow that is greener and duller than chamois, slightly greener and less strong than old ivory, and greener and duller than flax
V. intransitive verb
1. slang : to experience the aftereffects (as dysphoria or depression) of drug intoxication
2. slang : sleep
< sometimes we can't pay the rent and we crash around town, sleep in yards or at friends' houses — East Village Other >
also : to reside temporarily : stay
< crashing with friends for a few days >
3. of a computer system, component, or program : to suffer a sudden major failure usually with attendant loss of data
transitive verb
: to cause (a computer system, component, or program) to crash
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