crash: [14] Crash suddenly appeared from nowhere in Middle English (meaning ‘break in pieces noisily’), with apparently no relatives in other Germanic languages. Its form suggests that it originated in imitation of the sound of noisy breaking, but it has been further suggested that it may be a blend of craze and dash. The financial or business sense of the noun, ‘sudden collapse’, is first recorded in the early 19th century in the writings of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
crash (v.)
late 14c., crasschen "break in pieces;" probably imitative. Meaning "break into a party, etc." is 1922. Slang meaning "to sleep" dates from 1943; especially from 1965. Computing sense is from 1973. Related: Crashed; crashing.
crash (n.)
1570s, from crash (v.); sense of "financial collapse" is from 1817, "collision" is from 1910; references to falling of airplanes are from World War I.
实用例句
1. A light aircraft crash-landed on a putting green yesterday.
一架轻型飞机昨天在一个高尔夫球场的球洞区紧急降落了。
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2. Investigators say that a fuel explosion may have caused the crash.
调查员说燃料爆炸有可能是失事的根源。
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3. I just want to crash out on the sofa.
我只想在沙发上睡会儿。
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4. The helicopter crash landed when one of its two engines cut out.
直升机的两个发动机中有一个停止运转，只好迫降了。
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5. The crash was a direct result of inadequate navigational aids.
