crash
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.
The piece ended in a crescendo, building up to a crash of cymbals.
After the lightning came the crash of thunder.
- 2.
An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.
She broke two bones in her body in a car crash.
Nobody survived the plane crash.
- 3.
(computing) A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable.
My computer had a crash so I had to reboot it.
Đồng nghĩa: abend
- 4.
(finance) A sudden large decline in the value of money, stocks or other assets, etc., especially one that causes additional economic difficulties.
the stock market crash
Đồng nghĩa: meltdown
- 5.
(informal)A comedown from a drug.
- 6.
(collective)A group of rhinoceroses.
One of my favorites among the terms of groups of creatures is a crash of rhinoceros. I can imagine an African guide saying to his client, “Shoot, dammit, shoot! Here comes the whole bloody crash of rhinoceros!” […] Personally, I think I’d just as soon come across a crash of rhinoceros as a knot of toad.
- 7.
(ecology) A sudden decline in any living form's population levels, often leading to extinction.
- 8.
(uncountable)(textiles) A type of rough linen.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)Quick, fast, intensive, impromptu.
crash course
crash diet
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
When the car crashed into a house, the driver was heavily injured.
After driving into a tree last week, grandpa's crashed into a deer this morning.
- 2.
(transitive)To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
I'm sorry for crashing the bike into a wall. I'll pay for repairs.
- 3.
(transitive)To hit or strike with force.
- 4.
To make a sudden loud noise.
Thunder crashed directly overhead.
- 5.
(abbreviation, alt of, ambitransitive, ellipsis, slang)Ellipsis of gatecrash.
We weren't invited to the party so we decided to crash it.
- 6.
(transitive)(transitive, management) To accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it.
- 7.
(intransitive, slang)To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
Hey dude, can I crash at your pad?
- 8.
(slang, transitive)To give, as a favor.
- 9.
(intransitive, slang)To lie down for a long rest, sleep or nap, as from tiredness or exhaustion.
Đồng nghĩa: crash, doze, repose, rest, saw logs, catch some z's, sleep, sleep a wink, slumber, snooze
- 10.
(intransitive)To experience a period of depression and/or lethargy after a period of euphoria, as after the euphoric effect of a psychotropic drug has dissipated.
- 11.
(intransitive)(computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution due to an exception.
If the system crashes again, we'll have it fixed in the computer shop.
Đồng nghĩa: bomb
- 12.
(transitive)(computing, hardware, software, transitive) To cause an exception that terminates or halts execution.
Double-clicking this icon crashes the desktop.
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Nguồn gốc từ
From Middle English crasshen, crasschen, craschen (to break into pieces), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a variant of earlier *crasken, from crasen + -k; or from earlier *craskien, *craksien, a variant of craken (to crack, break open) (for form development compare break, brask, brash).