- [countable, usually singular]
the electrical system of a vehicle that makes the fuel begin to burn to start the engine; the place in a vehicle where you start this system 点火装置；点火开关 
to turn the ignition on/off 打开／关上点火开关 to put the key in the ignition 把钥匙插进点火开关
CollocationsTopics Transport by car or lorryc2Driving 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + ignition- start
- turn
- turn on
- …
- key
- switch
- system
- …
- in the ignition
- [uncountable] (specialist)
the action of starting to burn or of making something burn 着火；点火；点燃
Word Originearly 17th cent. (denoting the heating of a substance to the point of combustion or chemical change): from medieval Latin ignitio(n-), from the verb ignire ‘set on fire’, from ignis ‘fire’.