| 释义 |
crash
verb- to enter a party or social event without an invitation US, 1921
- The newcomers intended to crash, as everyone in the room knew. — Hal Ellson, The Golden Spike, p. 69, 1952
- On this particular night, the Wolf “crashed” a rather high-class party. — Max Shulman, Guided Tour of Campus Humor, p. 70, 1955
- Needless to say, nobody with an ounce of good manners or a thimbleful of concern for the feelings of others ever crashes a party. — Dick Clark, To Goof or Not to Goof, p. 130, 1963
- Frank crashed the party? — Terry Southern, Now Dig This, p. 220, 1978
- to enter a place with force with the intention of commiting a crime US, 1924
- — Mickey Spillane, My Gun is Quick, 1950
- I told her somebody had crashed the place before I got there and liked to knock it apart. — Mickey Spillane, My Gun is Quick, p. 24, 1950
- We had a pretty good bunch of O’Sullivans, a torch man, a mechanic, a jigger and a hard-shell biscuit who’d been with a gopher mob. We crashed with a get-in betty. — The New American Mercury, p. 709, 1950
- It wasn’t really fear even though he had never crashed a joint before. — Donald Goines, Dopefiend, p. 162, 1971
- to stay somewhere temporarily; to sleep somewhere US, 1945
- As we walked up the steps a neighbor said “Here come two more kids looking for a place to crash.” — James Simon Kunen, The Strawberry Statement, p. 96, 1968
- Well, she lets me crash at her place. — Airheads, 1994
- Then I realized that I owned my own apartment and had an American Express card while he was still crashing on his friend’s couch and thrilled to have a new library card. — Anka Radakovich, The Wild Girls Club, p. 158, 1994
- I was just planning to crash on the floor for a few days till I figure out what I’m doing. — Kenneth Lonergan, This is Our Youth, p. 54, 2000
- to go to sleep UK, 1943
- With that I think I’m ready to crash. — Darryl Ponicsan, The Last Detail, p. 100, 1970
- Then I returned to my room at Lennon’s, showered, changed into pyjamas, ordered an early dinner, ate it, and crashed. — John O’Grady, It’s Your Shout, Mate!, p. 76, 1972
- to return to normal perceptions after a drug intoxication; to experience an associated feeling of post-intoxication depression or dismay US, 1967
- WYATT: Wow! I think I’m gonna crash. BILLY: Ah, man. I think you have crashed, man. — Peter Fonda, Easy Rider, p. 71, 1969
- “I’m crashing, man,” Manny says. He lies on the floor. — John Rechy, The Fourth Angel, p. 114, 1972
- — Nick Constable, This is Cocaine, p. 182, 2002
- (used of a computer program) to fail completely without warning US
- — Guy L. Steele et al., The Hacker’s Dictionary, p. 49, 1983
- (used of a police case) to fail or be dropped UK
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 41, 1996
- to hit something, to strike something US
- — Terry Williams, The Cocaine Kids, p. 136, 1989
- to escape from jail or prison US
- — Red Rudensky, The Gonif, p. a, 1970
- in circus and carnival usage, to change money US
- — Don Wilmeth, The Language of American Popular Entertainment, p. 66, 1981
- to pass something; to give something out UK: ENGLAND Teen slang, recorded in Leicestershire.
- Crash the sugar, yoof [youth]. — D. and R. McPheely, 1977
- to intubate a hospital patient quickly and urgently US
- — Sally Williams, “Strong” Words, p. 137, 1994
- to perform a high-priority job as soon as possible US
- — Department of the Army, Staff Officer’s Guidebook, p. 58, 1986
▶ crash the ash
to offer someone a cigarette UK, 1984
Probably since the 1950s; recorded as current by BBC Radio Leicester, May 2003. |