windscreen

noun

/ˈwɪndskriːn/

(British English)

(North American English windshield)

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the window across the front of a vehicle（机动车前面的）挡风玻璃，风挡
- I came back to find a parking ticket on the windscreen.我回来时发现挡风玻璃上有一张违章停车罚单。
- She switched the wipers on to clear the windscreen.她打开雨刷除去挡风玻璃上的雨水。
Collocations Driving
Driving驾驶Having a car拥有一辆汽车
- have/own/(British English) run a car有一辆汽车
- ride a motorcycle/motorbike骑摩托车
- drive/prefer/use an automatic/a manual/(North American English, informal) a stick shift开／喜欢／用自动挡／手动挡汽车
- have/get your car serviced/fixed/repaired给汽车做一次保养／维修一下／修理一下
- buy/sell a used car/(especially British English) a second-hand car买／卖二手车
- take/pass/fail a (British English) driving test/(both North American English) driver’s test/road test参加／通过／未通过驾照考试／道路考试
- get/obtain/have/lose/carry a/your (British English) driving licence/(North American English) driver’s license得到／拥有／丢失／携带驾照
Driving驾驶
- put on/fasten/(North American English) buckle/wear/undo your seat belt/safety belt系上／解开安全带
- put/turn/leave the key in the ignition把钥匙插进点火开关；转动钥匙点火；把钥匙留在点火开关
- start the car/engine发动汽车／引擎
- (British English) change/(North American English) shift/put something into gear换挡；挂上挡
- press/put your foot on the brake pedal/clutch/accelerator踩刹车／离合器／油门
- release the clutch/(especially British English) the handbrake/(both North American English) the emergency brake/the parking brake松开离合器／手刹
- drive/park/reverse the car驾车；停车；倒车
- (British English) indicate left/right
- (especially North American English) signal that you are turning left/right
- take/miss (British English) the turning/(especially North American English) the turn拐弯；错过拐弯处
- apply/hit/slam on the brake(s)踩刹车；猛踩刹车
- beep/honk/(especially British English) toot/(British English) sound your horn按喇叭
Problems and accidents问题及事故
- a car skids/crashes (into something)/collides (with something)车打滑／撞上（某物）／（与某物）相撞
- swerve to avoid an oncoming car/a pedestrian猛地转弯以避开迎面来的车／行人
- crash/lose control of the car撞车；车失控
- have/be in/be killed in/survive a car crash/a car accident/(North American English) a car wreck/a hit-and-run出车祸／肇事逃逸事故；在车祸／肇事逃逸事故中丧生；幸免于车祸／肇事逃逸事故
- be run over/knocked down by a car/bus/truck被汽车／公交车／大卡车轧过／撞倒
- dent/hit (British English) the bonnet/(North American English) the hood撞凹／撞上引擎盖
- break/crack/shatter (British English) the windscreen/(North American English) the windshield打碎挡风玻璃
- blow/(especially British English) burst/puncture (British English) a tyre/(North American English) a tire爆胎；扎破轮胎
- get/have (British English) a flat tyre/a flat tire/a puncture胎瘪了；轮胎被扎破了
- inflate/change/fit/replace/check a tyre/tire 给轮胎充气；更换／安装／更换／检查轮胎
Traffic and driving regulations交通法规
- be caught in/get stuck in/sit in a traffic jam遇上堵车
- cause congestion/tailbacks/traffic jams/gridlock引起交通堵塞
- experience/face lengthy delays经历／面临长时间的延误
- beat/avoid the traffic/the rush hour避开交通高峰时段
- break/observe/(North American English) drive the speed limit超速行驶；遵守速度限制；限速行驶
- be caught on (British English) a speed camera被测速摄像机逮住
- stop somebody for/pull somebody over for/(British English, informal) be done for speeding因超速被要求停车／停靠路边／被逮住
- (both informal) run/(British English) jump a red light/the lights闯红灯
- be arrested for/charged with (British English) drink-driving/(both US English) driving under the influence (DUI)/driving while intoxicated (DWI)因酒后驾车／醉酒驾车被逮捕／起诉
- be banned/(British English) disqualified from driving被禁止驾车；被取消驾驶资格
Extra Examples
- Bright evening sunlight glared through the windscreen.黄昏时炫目的阳光透过挡风玻璃照射进来。
- She scraped the windscreen free of ice.她把挡风玻璃上的冰刮干净了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- front
- rear
- car
- …
verb + windscreen/windshield
- clean
- scrape (something off)
- wipe
- …
windscreen/windshield + verb
- fog up
- mist up
- crack
- …
windscreen/windshield + noun
- wiper
preposition
- on a/the windscreen
- through a/the windscreen
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