1informal A place to sleep, especially for a single night or in an emergency.
〈非正式〉（尤指只住一夜的或在紧急情况下的）临时住所
a short-stay crash pad for drug users in crisis
Example sentencesExamples
Some friends of ours, fearing this apocalyptic vision and with both kids packed off to university, traded in their large Victorian family home in east London for a flat in Spain and a crash pad in Islington.
If there is a safe crash pad anywhere in the vicinity which you can offer her, it's got to be better than where she's spending her time now.
Even without the need to keep on the lookout for the neighbors as I made a mad dash to a waiting taxi, the boardinghouse had become nothing more than a crash pad.
The couple, who live at Drews Park Village, wanted to buy a property in France and a crash pad near to Heathrow Airport in London where they both work for an airline.
Meant to be just a crash pad, the capsule hotels are about the size of a coffin.
One weekend, she corralled five friends into the Ludlow Street crash pad rented by musicians John Cale and Tony Conrad and instigated a night of playful debauchery.
It stood for about a decade, a favorite crash pad for travelers and homeless folk.
The cramped units with rollout beds and sleep-in porches had served as crash pads for generations of beachcombers and laborers looking for a cheap place to lay their heads.
2A thick piece of shock-absorbing material for the protection of the occupants of an aircraft cockpit or motor vehicle.
（飞机驾驶员座舱或机动车辆中用以保护占用者的）防撞垫，防震垫
Example sentencesExamples
If you're afraid of hurting yourself if you fall, then I suggest buying some crash pads to protect yourself from the pain of falling.
The crash pad basically and simply lessens the shock factor when you fall.
First off, your crash pad is not full protection.
You'll need to rent a crash pad (a foldable pad that acts as a soft landing zone) and sticky-rubber climbing shoes.
Definition of crash pad in US English:
crash pad
nounˈkraSH ˈˌpad
1informal A place to sleep, especially for a single night or in an emergency.
〈非正式〉（尤指只住一夜的或在紧急情况下的）临时住所
a short-stay crash pad for drug users in crisis
Example sentencesExamples
The couple, who live at Drews Park Village, wanted to buy a property in France and a crash pad near to Heathrow Airport in London where they both work for an airline.
The cramped units with rollout beds and sleep-in porches had served as crash pads for generations of beachcombers and laborers looking for a cheap place to lay their heads.
It stood for about a decade, a favorite crash pad for travelers and homeless folk.
One weekend, she corralled five friends into the Ludlow Street crash pad rented by musicians John Cale and Tony Conrad and instigated a night of playful debauchery.
Even without the need to keep on the lookout for the neighbors as I made a mad dash to a waiting taxi, the boardinghouse had become nothing more than a crash pad.
Some friends of ours, fearing this apocalyptic vision and with both kids packed off to university, traded in their large Victorian family home in east London for a flat in Spain and a crash pad in Islington.
If there is a safe crash pad anywhere in the vicinity which you can offer her, it's got to be better than where she's spending her time now.
Meant to be just a crash pad, the capsule hotels are about the size of a coffin.
2A thick piece of shock-absorbing material for the protection of the occupants of an aircraft cockpit or motor vehicle.
（飞机驾驶员座舱或机动车辆中用以保护占用者的）防撞垫，防震垫
Example sentencesExamples
You'll need to rent a crash pad (a foldable pad that acts as a soft landing zone) and sticky-rubber climbing shoes.
First off, your crash pad is not full protection.
The crash pad basically and simply lessens the shock factor when you fall.
If you're afraid of hurting yourself if you fall, then I suggest buying some crash pads to protect yourself from the pain of falling.