a loud resonant repeating noise;"he could hear the clang of distant bells"
a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles);"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)
the act of colliding with something;"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"
Verb:
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;"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;
occupy, usually uninvited;"My son"s friends crashed our house last weekend"
make a sudden loud sound;"the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night"
enter uninvited; informal;"let"s crash the party!"
cause to crash;"The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace" "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost"
hurl or thrust violently;"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;"My computer crashed last night" "The system goes down at least once a week"
sleep in a convenient place;"You can crash here, though it"s not very comfortable"
中英词源
crash 碰撞
拟声词，模仿碰撞的声音，比较crack,clash.
crash
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.
