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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++crash1 /kræʃ/ ●●● S3 W2 verb 1 CAR/PLANE ETCcar/plane etc 汽车/飞机等 [intransitive, transitive]TT to have an accident in a car, plane etc by violently hitting something else （使）车〕碰撞；〔飞机〕坠毁 → collide The jet crashed after take-off. 这架喷气式飞机起飞后就坠毁了。crash into/onto etc The plane crashed into a mountain. 飞机撞上了山头。crash a car/bus/plane etc He was drunk when he crashed the car. 他撞车时醉醺醺的。n GRAMMAR: Reciprocal verbsCrash is a reciprocal verb. This type of verb is used when saying that two or more people or things do something that involves both or all of them: Two planes crashed in midair. You can also say: Two planes crashed with each other in midair.One plane crashed with another in midair.2 HIT something/somebody HARDhit SB/STH hard 重击某人/某物 [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition]TTHIT/BUMP INTO to hit something or someone extremely hard while moving, in a way that causes a lot of damage or makes a lot of noise 〔很响地〕猛撞，猛击crash into/through etc A brick crashed through the window. 一块砖哗啦一声击穿了窗户。 We watched the waves crashing against the rocks. 我们看着海浪哗啦哗啦地冲击岩石。 The plates went crashing to the ground. 盘子哗啦一声摔落到地上。 A large branch came crashing down. 一根大树枝啪啦一声掉落下来。3 MAKE A LOUD NOISEloud noise 很响的声音 [intransitive]CSOUND to make a sudden loud noise 发出巨响 Thunder crashed and boomed outside. 外面雷声大作。4 COMPUTERcomputer 计算机 [intransitive, transitive]TD if a computer crashes, or if you crash the computer, it suddenly stops working （使）瘫痪，（使）崩溃 The system crashed and I lost three hours’ worth of work. 系统崩溃了，我白做了三个小时的工作。5. FINANCIALfinancial 金融 [intransitive]BFS if a stock market or shares crash, they suddenly lose a lot of value 〔股市或股票〕狂跌，暴跌6 sport 体育 [intransitive] British English to lose very badly in a sports event 〔在体育比赛中〕惨败 Liverpool crashed to their worst defeat of the season. 利物浦队遭遇了本赛季最惨痛的失利。7 SLEEPsleep 睡觉 [intransitive] spoken a) SLEEPto stay at someone’s house for the night 〔留在别人家里〕过夜 Can I crash at your place on Saturday night? 星期六晚上我能在你家过夜吗？ b) SLEEP (also crash out) to go to bed, or go to sleep very quickly, because you are very tired 〔由于很疲倦〕很快入睡 I crashed out on the sofa this afternoon. 今天下午我在沙发上睡着了。8 party 聚会 [transitive]INVITE informal to go to a party that you have not been invited to 不请自来〔参加聚会〕 We crashed Joe’s party yesterday. 昨天我们没有受到邀请就去参加了乔的派对。9. crashing bore BORING British English old-fashioned someone who is very boring 令人厌烦的人n THESAURUScrash verb [intransitive, transitive] to hit another vehicle, a tree, the ground etc, with a lot of force, causing a lot of damageThe plane crashed a kilometre from the runway.He was scared I’d crash his car.The car crashed into a tree.hit verb [transitive] to move into something quickly and with forceHe wasn’t paying attention, and almost hit another car.The car hit a lamppost. collide verb [intransitive] if two cars, trains, planes etc collide, they hit each other, especially when they are moving in opposite directionsThe two planes collided in mid-air.An express train collided with a freight train in the morning rush hour.run into something phrasal verb [transitive] to hit a vehicle or object that is directly in front of you, especially because you are not paying attentionHe ran into the car in front while he was talking on his mobile phone.smash into something phrasal verb [transitive] to crash into something, causing a great amount of damageAn army helicopter smashed into the side of the mountain.plough into British English, plow into American English phrasal verb [transitive] to crash into something with a lot of force, especially when your vehicle continues moving afterwardsThe bus went out of control and ploughed into a line of traffic.ram verb [transitive] to deliberately hit another boat or vehicle very hard, especially when it is not movingThe ship had been rammed by a submarine.The gunmen tried to ram the police car.→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
crash• He lost control of his car at the first bend and crashed.• Hundreds of hospital records were wiped out when the network crashed.• I installed the new program and my computer crashed.• The cymbals crashed, and the symphony came to an end.• My computer crashed, and we couldn't get it working again.• You can crash at our place if you can't get a ride home.• First I pulled the great ladder away from the tower, sending it crashing back into the trees.• Rick crashed his bike before he'd finished paying for it.• The bus crashed into an embankment before bursting into flames.• The utility takes 22K and crashed our test system on several occasions.• A few minutes later, a wall of water crashed over the lip of the Falls and Niagara was in business again.• The Army set up emergency hotlines for inquiring parents but the system crashed several hours later because of a flood of calls.• Witnesses say the jet crashed shortly after takeoff.• We crashed Stella's party last Friday.• The tire blew, causing him to crash the car.• Most river tourists travel in big noisy motor rigs, which crash through all but the biggest rapids without difficulty.• He stumbled backwards and struck a bed screen that crashed to the floor, bringing him with it.• Since some airplanes and trains do crash, when does fear about traveling in them become a phobia?crash into/onto etc• Some one almost crashed into her cart.• She struck a parked car and crashed into the building, police said.• And listen: this is how I felt as my grandad's block came crashing into the ground.• Then it's the turn of BBmak who crashed into the top five last week with Back Here.• Artillery began to crash into the tree lines, and artillery flares fell, as well.• An oil drum was kicked away, rolling and crashing into the wall beside her.crash into/through etc• Read in studio Police have now named the three rugby fans who were killed when their light aircraft crashed into a field.• The driver was arrested after he crashed into a parked vehicle and tried to flee on foot.• This hopefully, kept everyone from crashing into everyone else.• Running back Garrison Hearst sustained a left shoulder stinger when he crashed into linebacker Jesse Tuggle on a lead block.• Not only missed, but crashed into the rocks like one of the nearby surfers falling off the crest of a wave.• And away he went, crashing through their bed to victory and renown.• A trio of kids nearly crashed into us in the street.crash2 ●●● S3 W2 noun [countable] 1 TTHIT/BUMP INTOan accident in which a vehicle violently hits something else 〔汽车的〕撞车事故；〔飞机的〕坠毁，失事 → collisionplane/car/rail crash Forty-one people were killed in a plane crash. 这次飞机失事有41人遇难。a fatal crash (=one in which someone is killed) 致命事故crash between/with She was involved in a head-on crash with a motorbike (=in which the front of one vehicle directly hits the front of another). 她与一辆摩托车迎面相撞。 a motorway crash between a coach and a lorry 高速公路上一辆长途汽车和卡车相撞的车祸 a crash victim 车祸受害者► see thesaurus at accident2 CSOUNDa sudden loud noise made by something falling, breaking etc 突然发出的巨响，〔东西倒下、打破等时发出的〕碰撞声3. TDan occasion when a computer or computer system suddenly stops working 〔计算机或计算机系统的〕瘫痪，崩溃，死机4 BFSan occasion on which the stocks and shares in a stock market suddenly lose a lot of value 〔股票的〕狂跌，暴跌n COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + crash a car/train/plane etc crashHe was badly hurt in a car crash.a road/rail/air crashThere will be an investigation into the cause of the air crash.a head-on crash (=in which the front part of two vehicles hit each other)He died in a head-on crash with a lorry.a fatal crash (=in which someone is killed)There have been several fatal crashes on this road.a high-speed crashthe risk of injury from a high-speed crasha horrific/terrible/appalling crasha horrific crash in which three teenage boys were killedverbshave a crash (also be involved in a crash) (=in a car)I’ve been nervous about driving since I had a crash last year.a crash happens/occursThe three-vehicle crash happened on the corner of Ongar Road.a crash involves somethingTwo women were taken to hospital after a crash involving a bus and a car.crash + NOUNa crash victim (=someone injured or killed in a crash)Families of the crash victims want to know what happened.a crash site/scene (=place where a crash happens)The authorities closed off a five-mile area around the crash site.a crash investigator (=someone who tries to find the cause of a crash)Crash investigators spent several days examining the scene.Examples from the Corpus
crash• Ira Louvin was killed in a crash in Montana that also took the lives of six other people.• Does it depend on the statistical probability of a crash?• The whole tray of dishes fell to the floor with a crash.• There was a loud crash in the bedroom and my dad started yelling.• The stock market crash made me suspicious of those type of insurance schemes.• And the Paris crash was a reminder that it can do so with the most catastrophic results.• Her husband died in a plane crash in 1981.• The Wall Street Crash was disastrous for many American businessmen.• Luckily, I sold my shares just before the crash.• It was the smoke, an autopsy revealed, that killed Evan, not injuries from the crash.• Name the two famous rock stars who died in the crash with Buddy. 4. 4.• Both drivers were injured in the crash.• The court heard that the crash happened at Pentwyn, Cardiff, after the three celebrated Coombes' first job.loud crash• There was a terrible cry, and a loud crash.• Suddenly, I heard a loud crash near me, scaring me out of my wits.• After only three or four paces, a loud crash came from behind me.• Lightning flashed in the sky, and there was a loud crash of thunder.• A moment later there was a loud crash aft as some one rear-ended me.• Suddenly there was a loud crash.• There was a loud crash, as the box fell into the sea.• A loud crash could be heard from the room and the sound of wailing drifted into the courtroom, startling onlookers.From Longman Business Dictionarycrashcrash1 /kræʃ/ noun [countable]1FINANCEa time when many stocks and shares lose a lot of their value very quickly, usually when investors lose confidence in the market and want to sell quicklythe stock market crash of October 19872COMPUTINGan occasion when a computer or a piece of computer software suddenly stops workingIf you don’t save your work and there’s a crash, you’ll lose everything you’ve done.crashcrash2 verb1[intransitive]FINANCE if stockmarkets or shares crash, they suddenly lose a lot of valueThe cost of the project has soared, causing the shares to crash 11p to 329p.2[intransitive, transitive]COMPUTING if a computer or a piece of software crashes, or if you crash it, it suddenly stops working properlyThe memory was completely overloaded, causing the system to crash.an error which crashed the whole system→ See Verb tableOrigin crash1 (1300-1400) Probably from the soundcrash1 verb →n GRAMMAR1 →n THESAURUS1crash2 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1LDOCE OnlineChinese
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crash1 /kræʃ/ 
verb
The jet crashed after take-off.
crash into/onto etc
The plane crashed into a mountain.
crash a car/bus/plane etc
He was drunk when he crashed the car.
2. HIT SOMEBODY/SOMETHING HARD [I, T always + adv/prep] to hit something or someone extremely hard while moving, in a way that causes a lot of damage or makes a lot of noise
crash into/through etc
A brick crashed through the window.
We watched the waves crashing against the rocks.
The plates went crashing to the ground.
A large branch came crashing down.
3. LOUD NOISE [intransitive] to make a sudden loud noise:
Thunder crashed and boomed outside.
4. COMPUTER [intransitive and transitive] if a computer crashes, or if you crash the computer, it suddenly stops working:
The system crashed and I lost three hours’ worth of work.
5. FINANCIAL [intransitive] if a stock market or shares crash, they suddenly lose a lot of value
6. SPORT [intransitive] British English to lose very badly in a sports event:
Liverpool crashed to their worst defeat of the season.
7. SLEEP [intransitive] spoken
a. to stay at someone’s house for the night:
Can I crash at your place on Saturday night?
b. (also crash out) to go to bed, or go to sleep very quickly, because you are very tired:
I crashed out on the sofa this afternoon.
8. PARTY [transitive] informal to go to a party that you have not been invited to:
We crashed Joe’s party yesterday.
9. crashing bore British English old-fashioned someone who is very boring
▪ crash verb [intransitive and transitive] to hit another vehicle, a tree, the ground etc, with a lot of force, causing a lot of damage: The plane crashed a kilometre from the runway. | He was scared I’d crash his car. | The car crashed into a tree.
▪hit verb [transitive] to move into something quickly and with force: He wasn’t paying attention, and almost hit another car. | The car hit a lamppost.
▪collide verb [intransitive] if two cars, trains, planes etc collide, they hit each other, especially when they are moving in opposite directions: The two planes collided in mid-air. | An express train collided with a freight train in the morning rush hour.
▪run into something phrasal verb [transitive] to hit a vehicle or object that is directly in front of you, especially because you are not paying attention: He ran into the car in front while he was talking on his mobile phone.
▪smash into something phrasal verb [transitive] to crash into something, causing a great amount of damage: An army helicopter smashed into the side of the mountain.
▪plough into British English, plow into American English phrasal verb [transitive] to crash into something with a lot of force, especially when your vehicle continues moving afterwards: The bus went out of control and ploughed into a line of traffic.
▪ram verb [transitive] to deliberately hit another boat or vehicle very hard, especially when it is not moving: The ship had been rammed by a submarine. | The gunmen tried to ram the police car.
crash2 S3 noun [countable]
1. an accident in which a vehicle violently hits something else ⇨ collision
plane/car/rail crash
Forty-one people were killed in a plane crash.
a fatal crash (=one in which someone is killed)
crash between/with
She was involved in a head-on crash with a motorbike (=in which the front of one vehicle directly hits the front of another).
a motorway crash between a coach and a lorry
a crash victim
2. a sudden loud noise made by something falling, breaking etc:
I heard a loud crash.
with a crash
The branch came down with a crash.
crash of
a crash of thunder
3. an occasion when a computer or computer system suddenly stops working
4. an occasion on which the stocks and shares in a stock market suddenly lose a lot of value:
the stock market crash of October 1987
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + crash
▪a car/train/plane etc crash He was badly hurt in a car crash.
▪a road/rail/air crash There will be an investigation into the cause of the air crash.
▪a head-on crash (=in which the front part of two vehicles hit each other) He died in a head-on crash with a lorry.
▪a fatal crash (=in which someone is killed) There have been several fatal crashes on this road.
▪a high-speed crash the risk of injury from a high-speed crash
▪a horrific/terrible/appalling crash a horrific crash in which three teenage boys were killed
■ verbs
▪have a crash (also be involved in a crash ) (=in a car) I’ve been nervous about driving since I had a crash last year.
▪a crash happens/occurs The three-vehicle crash happened on the corner of Ongar Road.
▪a crash involves something Two women were taken to hospital after a crash involving a bus and a car.
■ crash + NOUN
▪a crash victim (=someone injured or killed in a crash) Families of the crash victims want to know what happened.
▪a crash site/scene (=place where a crash happens) The authorities closed off a five-mile area around the crash site.
▪a crash investigator (=someone who tries to find the cause of a crash) Crash investigators spent several days examining the scene.
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verb Date: 1300-1400
Origin: Probably from the sound
1. CAR/PLANE ETC [intransitive and transitive] to have an accident in a car, plane etc by violently hitting something else ⇨ collide:Origin: Probably from the sound
crash into/onto etc
crash a car/bus/plane etc
2. HIT SOMEBODY/SOMETHING HARD [I, T always + adv/prep] to hit something or someone extremely hard while moving, in a way that causes a lot of damage or makes a lot of noise
crash into/through etc
3. LOUD NOISE [intransitive] to make a sudden loud noise:
4. COMPUTER [intransitive and transitive] if a computer crashes, or if you crash the computer, it suddenly stops working:
5. FINANCIAL [intransitive] if a stock market or shares crash, they suddenly lose a lot of value
6. SPORT [intransitive] British English to lose very badly in a sports event:
7. SLEEP [intransitive] spoken
a. to stay at someone’s house for the night:
b. (also crash out) to go to bed, or go to sleep very quickly, because you are very tired:
8. PARTY [transitive] informal to go to a party that you have not been invited to:
9. crashing bore British English old-fashioned someone who is very boring
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noun [countable]1. an accident in which a vehicle violently hits something else ⇨ collision
plane/car/rail crash
a fatal crash (=one in which someone is killed)
crash between/with
2. a sudden loud noise made by something falling, breaking etc:
with a crash
crash of
3. an occasion when a computer or computer system suddenly stops working
4. an occasion on which the stocks and shares in a stock market suddenly lose a lot of value:
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Having a car 拥有一辆汽车
have/own/ ( BrE run a car有一辆汽车 ride a motorcycle/motorbike骑摩托车 drive/prefer/use an automatic/a manual/( a stick shiftNAmE 开／喜欢／用自动挡／手动挡汽车 have/get your carserviced/fixed/repaired 给汽车做一次保养／维修一下／修理一下 buy/sell a used car/( a second-hand carespecially
BrE 买／卖二手车 take/pass/fail a( driving test/BrE ( driver's test/road testboth
NAmE 参加／通过／未通过驾照考试／道路考试 get/obtain/have/lose/carry a/your( driving licence/BrE ( driver's licenseNAmE 得到／拥有／丢失／携带驾照
Driving 驾驶
put on/fasten/ ( NAmE buckle/wear/undo your seat belt/safety belt系上／解开安全带 put/turn/leave the key in the ignition把钥匙插进点火开关；转动钥匙点火；把钥匙留在点火开关 start the car/engine发动汽车／引擎 ( BrE change/ ( NAmE shift/put sth into gear换挡；挂上挡 press/put your foot on the brake pedal/clutch/accelerator踩刹车／离合器／油门 release the clutch/( the handbrake/especially
BrE ( the emergency brake/the parking brakeboth
NAmE 松开离合器／手刹 drive/park/reverse the car驾车；停车；倒车 ( BrE indicate left/right示意左转／右转 ( especially
NAmE signal that you are turning left/right示意左转／右转 take/miss ( the turning/BrE ( the turnespecially
NAmE 拐弯；错过拐弯处 apply/hit/slam on the brake(s)踩刹车；猛踩刹车 beep/honk/ ( especially
BrE toot/ ( BrE sound your horn按喇叭
Problems and accidents 问题及事故
a car skids/crashes (into sth)/collides (with sth) 车打滑／撞上（某物）／（与某物）相撞 swerve to avoid an oncoming car/a pedestrian猛地转弯以避开迎面来的车／行人 crash/lose control of the car撞车；车失控 have/be in/be killed in/survive a car crash/a car accident/( a car wreck/a hit-and-runNAmE 出车祸／肇事逃逸事故；在车祸／肇事逃逸事故中丧生；幸免于车祸／肇事逃逸事故 be run over/knocked down by a car/bus/truck被汽车／公交车／大卡车轧过／撞倒 dent/hit ( the bonnet/BrE ( the hoodNAmE 撞凹／撞上引擎盖 break/crack/shatter ( the windscreen/BrE ( the windshieldNAmE 打碎挡风玻璃 blow/ ( especially
BrE burst/puncture ( a tyre/BrE ( a tireNAmE 爆胎；扎破轮胎 get/have ( a flat tyre/a flat tire/a punctureBrE 胎瘪了；轮胎被扎破了 inflate/change/fit/replace/check a tyre/tire给轮胎充气；更换／安装／更换／检查轮胎
Traffic and driving regulations 交通法规
be caught in/get stuck in/sit in a traffic jam遇上堵车 cause congestion/tailbacks/traffic jams/gridlock引起交通堵塞 experience/face lengthy delays经历／面临长时间的延误 beat/avoid the traffic/the rush hour避开交通高峰时段 break/observe/ ( NAmE drive the speed limit超速行驶；遵守速度限制；限速行驶 be caught on ( a speed cameraBrE 被测速摄像机逮住 stop sb for/pull sb over for/ ( BrE be done for speeding因超速被要求停车／停靠路边／被逮住 ( both
run/ ( BrE jump a red light/the lights闯红灯 be arrested for/charged with ( drink-driving/BrE ( driving under the influence (DUI)/driving while intoxicated (DWI)both
因酒后驾车／醉酒驾车被逮捕／起诉 be banned/ ( BrE disqualified from driving被禁止驾车；被取消驾驶资格
crash ( to hit an object or another vehicle, causing damage; to make a vehicle do thisrather
指（使）物体或交通工具碰撞或撞击 ：◆ I was terrified that the plane would crash. 我很害怕飞机会失事。 slam (sth) into/against sb/sth to crash into sth with a lot of force; to make sth do this 指（使）重重地撞上 ：◆ The car skidded and slammed into a tree. 汽车打滑，砰的一声撞到树上。 collide ( (of two vehicles or people) to crash into each other; (of a vehicle or person) to crash into sb/sth elserather
指交通工具或人碰撞、相撞或撞上 ：◆ The car and the van collided head-on in thick fog. 那辆小轿车和货车在浓雾中迎面相撞。 smash ( to crash into sth with a lot of force; to make sth do this; to crash a carrather
指（使）猛烈撞击、猛烈碰撞或撞车 ：◆ Ram-raiders smashed a stolen car through the shop window. 飙车抢劫者驾着偷来的汽车撞破商店橱窗。
crash, slam or smash? 用 crash、slam 还是 smash？
wreck to crash a vehicle and damage it so badly that it is not worth repairing 指使交通工具彻底毁坏
Patterns
two vehicles crash/collidetwo vehicles crash/slam/smashinto each other to crash/smash/wreck a car
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