释义
[ klash ] SHOW IPA
/ klæʃ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used without object) to make a loud, harsh noise: The gears of the old car clashed and grated.
to come together or collide, especially noisily: The cymbals clashed.
to conflict; disagree: Their stories of the accident clashed completely.
(of juxtaposed colors) to be offensive to the eye.
to engage in a physical conflict or contest, as in a game or a battle (often followed by with ): The Yankees clash with the White Sox for the final game of the season.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used with object) to strike with a resounding or violent collision: He clashed his fist against the heavy door.
to produce (sound) by or as by collision: The tower bell clashed its mournful note.
noun a loud, harsh noise, as of a collision: The automobiles collided with a terrible clash.
a collision, especially a noisy one.
a conflict; opposition, especially of views or interests: a clash between nations.
a battle, fight, or skirmish: The clash between the border patrols left three men dead.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of clash First recorded in 1490–1500; blend of clap1 and dash1
SYNONYMS FOR clash 1 clang, crash.
10 disagreement, altercation, dispute.
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ANTONYMS FOR clash 10 agreement, cooperation.
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synonym study for clash 10 . See struggle.
OTHER WORDS FROM clash clasher, noun clash·ing·ly, adverb in·ter·clash, noun, verb un·clash·ing, adjective Words nearby clash clarthead, clarts, clarty, clary, -clase, clash , Clashing Rocks, -clasis, clasp, clasper, claspers
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Example sentences from the Web for clash Linsker initially escaped after the clash on the bridge but was arrested a short time later.
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A cynical old Chicago lawyer once described this as the theory that “out of the clash of lies, truth will emerge.”
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But it also sharpens the clash between two very ways of approaching history.
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But he never makes any clash we have public, and he calms me down a lot as well.
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Soon after that his clash with Ben Affleck, who nearly blew a gasket, sparked a national debate over Islam.
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This clash of action stimulated and intensified a real division of feeling, which existed in every county.
From Fort Henry to Corinth | Manning Ferguson Force
They could not but clash ; for a sincere leaning towards antiquity renders one unchristian.
We Philologists, Volume 8 (of 18) | Friedrich Nietzsche
Was it the very width of the gulf between them that made the appeal of the clash in the sex duel upon which they had engaged?
The Yukon Trail | William MacLeod Raine
This letter had been kept from him, I guess by whom, and there was other clash of marvels wrought by her, I know not what.
A Monk of Fife | Andrew Lang
It rustles at the window-pane, the smooth, streaming rain, and he is shut within its clash and murmur.
Some Imagist Poets | Richard Aldington
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British Dictionary definitions for clash verb to make or cause to make a loud harsh sound, esp by striking together
(intr) to be incompatible; conflict
(intr) to engage together in conflict or contest
(intr) (of dates or events) to coincide
(intr) (of colours) to look ugly or inharmonious together
SEE MORE SEE LESS noun a loud harsh noise
a collision or conflict
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Derived forms of clash clasher , noun clashingly , adverb Word Origin for clash C16: of imitative origin
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