crash 1 / kræʃ / 动词

1 car/plane etc [不及物和及物动词] to have an accident in a car, plane etc by violently hitting something else → collide :

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 [不及物动词] to make a sudden loud noise :

Thunder crashed and boomed outside.

4 computer [不及物和及物动词] 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 [不及物动词] if a stock market or share s crash, they suddenly lose a lot of value

6 sport [不及物动词] British English to lose very badly in a sports event :

Liverpool crashed to their worst defeat of the season.

7 sleep [不及物动词] 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 [及物动词] 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

THESAURUS

crash 动词 [不及物和及物动词] 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 动词 [及物动词] to move into something quickly and with force : He wasn’t paying attention, and almost hit another car. | The car hit a lamppost.

collide 动词 [不及物动词] 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 短语动词 [及物动词] 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 短语动词 [及物动词] 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 短语动词 [及物动词] 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 动词 [及物动词] 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.