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{
"term": "crew",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "all the people working on a ship, plane, etc.",
"sensetop": "in a crew",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**crew members**"
},
{
"text": "all the men and women in the crew",
"contextForm": "in a crew"
},
{
"text": "None of the passengers and crew were injured."
},
{
"text": "The crew of the plane instructed everyone to remain seated."
},
{
"text": "a change of crew in Frankfurt"
},
{
"text": "The crew was/were extremely helpful."
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by water"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["experienced", "inexperienced", "novice"],
"verb + crew": ["join", "lead", "assemble"],
"crew + noun": ["member"],
"preposition": ["in a/the crew"],
"phrases": ["cast and crew", "a member of the crew"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "all the people working on a ship, plane etc. except the officers who are in charge",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the officers and crew"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["experienced", "inexperienced", "novice"],
"verb + crew": ["join", "lead", "assemble"],
"crew + noun": ["member"],
"preposition": ["in a/the crew"],
"phrases": ["cast and crew", "a member of the crew"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a group of people with special skills working together",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **film/camera/TV crew**"
},
{
"text": "**a fire/an emergency/a rescue crew**"
},
{
"text": "It took **ambulance crews** more than an hour to free them."
},
{
"text": "A fire crew was/were called to the scene."
},
{
"text": "The cast and crew of the movie are giving it their all."
},
{
"text": "Fire crews were called to the house at around 5 o'clock."
},
{
"text": "Maintenance crews have been working 18-hours shifts to repair the damage."
},
{
"text": "The film crew and the actors had all left the studio by then."
},
{
"text": "Our support crew followed behind in two Land Rovers."
},
{
"text": "The house was soon besieged by TV crews and photographers."
},
{
"text": "Two crews of six men carried out the work in shifts."
},
{
"text": "We have camera crews from ABC, CBS and NBC coming."
},
{
"text": "a maintenance/support crew"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["experienced", "inexperienced", "novice"],
"verb + crew": ["join", "lead", "assemble"],
"crew + noun": ["member"],
"preposition": ["in a/the crew"],
"phrases": ["cast and crew", "a member of the crew"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a group of people",
"labels": "(usually disapproving)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The people she invited were a pretty **motley crew** *(= a strange mix of types of people)*."
},
{
"text": "Let's get a crew together and go to the pub."
},
{
"text": "We found him in the canteen with a crew of assorted computer geeks."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a team of people who row boats in races",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a member of the Cambridge crew"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "the sport of rowing with other people in a boat",
"labels": "(North American English)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I’m thinking of going out for crew this semester *(= joining the team)*."
}
],
"topics": ["Sports: water sports"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "a person or team of people who sail boats in races or for pleasure (usually not including the captain)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kruː/",
"audio": "cr/crew/crew__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kruːz/",
"audio": "cr/crew/cruise__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kruː/",
"audio": "cr/crew/crew__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kruːz/",
"audio": "cr/crew/cruise__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French creue ‘augmentation, increase’, feminine past participle of croistre ‘grow’, from Latin crescere. The original sense was ‘band of soldiers serving as reinforcements’; hence it came to denote any organized armed band or, generally, a company of people (late 16th cent.)."
}