To crash-land is what a pilot does when the plane is in trouble and they have to bring it down right now, in a sudden and dangerous way — onto a field, a road, water, or some other place that is not a proper runway.

To crash-land is To crash-land 就是 when the plane is in trouble當飛機出狀況、and they have to bring it down right now必須現在馬上把它弄下來的時候，what a pilot does飛行員做的那件事，in a sudden and dangerous way方式突然又危險——onto a field, a road, water降到田裡、路上、水面，or some other place that is not a proper runway或其他不是正式跑道的地方。

The plane may break. People may get hurt. But the pilot is still trying to land it, not just falling out of the sky. That is the important line.

The plane飛機 may break可能會壞。People人 may get hurt可能會受傷。But但 the pilot飛行員 is still trying to land it仍然在設法把它降下來，not just falling out of the sky不是就這樣從天上掉下來。That那 is the important line就是重要的那條線。

A crash is the plane hitting and coming apart. A crash-landing is an emergency landing that may look like a crash, and may wreck the plane, but someone is still flying it down on purpose.

A crash is A crash 是 the plane飛機 hitting撞上去、and coming apart散開。A crash-landing is A crash-landing 是 an emergency landing一次緊急降落，that may look like a crash可能看起來像墜機，and may wreck the plane也可能把飛機弄爛，but但 still仍然 someone有人 on purpose刻意地 is flying it down把它一路飛下來。

You crash-land a plane; the occasion itself is often called a crash-landing. News reports use both.

You crash-land a plane你 crash-land 一架飛機；the occasion itself那個場合本身 is often called常被稱為 a crash-landing。News reports新聞報導 use both兩個都用。

It is a serious word, not a joke word, though people sometimes stretch it in talk (“my first day crash-landed”) to mean something ended in a mess. The home meaning is always the plane.

It is a serious word這是個嚴肅的字，not a joke word不是玩笑話，though不過 people人們 sometimes有時 in talk在口語裡 stretch it會把它拉寬（“my first day crash-landed”），to mean意思是 something ended in a mess某件事收場收得一團亂。The home meaning它的本家意思 is always永遠是 the plane飛機。