| 词汇 | crash |
| 词源 | crash. Crash in the sense of to crash a party is an American- ism that derives from gate-crasher, an American expression that originated in about 1920. The latter term has its roots in the idea of a person forcing his way through a gate into a sport- ing event. Gate-crashing is not much heard of anymore, but crashing and party-crashing are commonly used. |
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