单词 | crashworthiness |
释义 | crashworthiness|ˈkræʃˌwɜːðɪnɪs| [f. crash n.1 6 + worthiness, after airworthiness.] The quality in an aircraft or motor-vehicle that makes it safer in the event of a crash. So ˈcrashworthy a.
1948Jrnl. R. Aeronaut. Soc. LII. 572 British Civil Airworthiness Requirements already contain certain ‘crashworthiness’ provisions. 1961Aeroplane & Astronautics CI. 403/2 Improvements in ‘crashworthiness’ are called for, involving not only aircraft design but also fire-fighting and emergency equipment at airports. 1966New Statesman 20 May 718/3 He explained what he thought could be done to improve auto design, particularly in respect to ‘crashworthiness’—how to help passengers avoid injury or death in the event of a collision. 1966Economist 2 July 4/3 American and British physicians now have the opportunity to be unpopular again by demanding that vehicles which carry people be sufficiently crashworthy to protect occupants against their own mistakes. |

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