crash
Từ điển Collocation
crash noun
1 sudden loud noise
ADJ. almighty, deafening, great, loud, thunderous | distant | sickening, terrible There was a sickening crash as her head hit the ground.
VERB + CRASH hear
PREP. with a ~ The plates fell to the floor with an almighty crash. | ~ of a distant crash of thunder
PHRASES a crash of thunder, the crash of the waves
2 car/plane, etc. accident
ADJ. horrific, major, serious a major air crash | fatal | head-on | high-speed | car, coach, helicopter, plane, train | air, motorway, rail, road
VERB + CRASH cause
CRASH + VERB happen, occur | involve sth a crash involving two cars and a lorry | kill sb | claim sth The crash claimed three lives.
CRASH + NOUN victim | site | landing | barrier
PREP. in a/the ~ He was killed in a train crash.
3 business failure
ADJ. financial | bank, property, stock market the stock market crash of 1987
PREP. ~ in a crash in share prices
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- a loud resonant repeating noise; clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash
he could hear the clang of distant bells
- a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); wreck
they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane
- a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures); collapse
- the act of colliding with something; smash
his crash through the window
the fullback's smash into the defensive line
- (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative
the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since
v.
- fall or come down violently
The branch crashed down on my car
The plane crashed in the sea
- move with, or as if with, a crashing noise
The car crashed through the glass door
- undergo damage or destruction on impact; ram
the plane crashed into the ocean
The car crashed into the lamp post
- move violently as through a barrier
The terrorists crashed the gate
- break violently or noisily; smash;; break up, break apart
- occupy, usually uninvited
My son's friends crashed our house last weekend
- enter uninvited; informal; barge in, gate-crash
let's crash the party!
- cause to crash
The terrorists crashed the car into the gate of the palace
- hurl or thrust violently; dash
He dashed the plate against the wall
Waves were dashing against the rock
- undergo a sudden and severe downturn
the economy crashed
will the stock market crash again?
- stop operating; go down
My computer crashed last night
The system goes down at least once a week
- sleep in a convenient place; doss, doss down
You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable
English Slang Dictionary
1. to share, loan or borrow:"Can I crash a cigarette off you?"
2. to temporarily stay over or sleep at a place other than at one's own usual abode:"Can I crash at yours tonight? It'll cost too much for a taxi home"
3. the situation of crashing:"Come on, get your cigarettes out, it's your crash"
English Idioms Dictionary
go to bed, go to sleep Sometimes Don crashes on our sofa and sleeps for hours.
Microsoft Computer Dictionary
n. The failure of either a program or a disk drive. A program crash results in the loss of all unsaved data and can leave the operating system unstable enough to require restarting the computer. A disk drive crash, sometimes called a disk crash, leaves the drive inoperable and can cause loss of data. See also abend, head crash.vb. 1. For a system or program, to fail to function correctly, resulting in the suspension of operation. See also abend. 2. For a magnetic head, to hit a recording medium, with possible damage to one or both.
Bloomberg Financial Glossary
狂泻|暴跌|崩溃狂泻;暴跌;崩溃
Dramatic loss in market value. The last great crash was in 1929. Some refer to October 1987 as a crash but the market return was positive.
Investopedia Financial Terms
Crash
A major decline in a financial market.
Investopedia Says:
Crashes are substantial and lingering. To be considered a crash, the market decline must be evidenced as a 20% drop in an index's total value.
File Extension Dictionary
OS X Crash Reporter Crash Report (Apple Inc.)
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
crashes|crashed|crashing
syn.: break shatter smash strike