collide

verb

/kəˈlaɪd/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they collide	/kəˈlaɪd/ /kəˈlaɪd/
he / she / it collides	/kəˈlaɪdz/ /kəˈlaɪdz/
past simple collided	/kəˈlaɪdɪd/ /kəˈlaɪdɪd/
past participle collided	/kəˈlaɪdɪd/ /kəˈlaɪdɪd/
-ing form colliding	/kəˈlaɪdɪŋ/ /kəˈlaɪdɪŋ/

[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 crash
crash
- slam
- collide
- smash
- wreck
These are all words that can be used when something, especially a vehicle, hits something else very hard and is damaged or destroyed.
- 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？Crash is used especially to talk about vehicles and can be used without a preposition: We’re going to crash, aren’t we? In this meaning slam and smash always take a preposition: We’re going to slam/smash, aren’t we? They are used for a much wider range of things than just vehicles. Crash can also be used for other things, if used with a preposition: He crashed down the phone.
- 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
Patterns
- two vehicles crash/collide
- two vehicles crash/slam/smash into each other
- to crash/smash/wreck a car
Topics Transport by car or lorryc1
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- almost
- nearly
- head-on
- …
preposition
- 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
- They regularly collide over policy decisions.他们经常在政策决策上发生冲突。
Topics Opinion and argumentc2