collide
verb- [intransitive]
if two people, vehicles, etc. collide, they crash into each other; if a person, vehicle, etc. collides with another, or with something that is not moving, they crash into it 碰撞；相撞 The car and the van collided head-on in thick fog. 那辆小轿车和货车在浓雾中迎面相撞。 Two trains collided head-on. 两辆火车迎头相撞。 - collide with something/somebody
The car collided head-on with the van. 那辆小轿车与货车迎面相撞。 As he fell, his head collided with the table. 他跌倒时头部撞上了桌子。
Synonyms crashcrashTopics Transport by car or lorryc1- slam
- collide
- smash
- wreck
- crash to hit an object or another vehicle, causing damage; to make a vehicle do this:
I was terrified that the plane would crash. 我很害怕飞机会失事。
- slam (something) into/against somebody/something to crash into something with a lot of force; to make something do this:
The car skidded and slammed into a tree. 汽车打滑，砰的一声撞到树上。
- collide (rather formal
) (of two vehicles or people) to crash into each other; (of a vehicle or person) to crash into somebody/something else: 指交通工具或人碰撞、相撞或撞上： The car and the van collided head-on in thick fog. 那辆小轿车和货车在浓雾中迎面相撞。
- smash (rather informal
) to crash into something with a lot of force; to make something do this; to crash a car: 指（使）猛烈撞击、猛烈碰撞或撞车： Ram-raiders smashed a stolen car through the shop window. 飙车抢劫者驾着偷来的汽车撞破商店橱窗。
crash, slam or smash? 用 crash、slam 还是 smash？ - wreck
to crash a vehicle and damage it so badly that it is not worth repairing 指使交通工具彻底毁坏
- two vehicles crash/collide
- two vehicles crash/slam/smash into each other
- to crash/smash/wreck a car
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- almost
- nearly
- head-on
- …
- with
- [intransitive] collide (with somebody) (over something) (formal)
(of people, their opinions, etc. 人、意见等 to disagree strongly 严重不一致；冲突；抵触 see also collision
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘cause to collide’): from Latin collidere, from col- ‘together’ + laedere ‘to strike’.