crash的词源

英文词源

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.

拟声词，模仿碰撞的声音，比较crack,clash.

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拟声词,出现于中古英语时期,在其它日耳曼语分支中未发现“宗亲”。

词义辨异：clash, crash 均有“撞击”的意义,clash指金属铿锵有力的撞击声,着重声音;crash意为坠下或猛冲而碰撞,着重破坏。