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单词 collide
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Definition of collide in English:

collide

verb kəˈlʌɪdkəˈlaɪd
[no object]
  • 1Hit by accident when moving.

    she collided with someone
    two suburban trains collided
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Wallace collided with three other bikes at Wheeler's Corner at the Dundrod Circuit in Co Antrim.
    • Their call follows an accident in Welling when a bus collided with a van which was turning left across the bus lane.
    • He unwittingly collides with the toughest star player on the opposing team and is knocked unconscious, along with his gigantic opponent.
    • There were more accidents, more trucks, which had collided with trees, culverts, or run off the road.
    • Put simply, if a moving atom collides with a photon coming in the opposite direction with the appropriate energy, the atom will be knocked back and slowed down.
    • He braked but the vehicle would not stop and they collided with the wall.
    • As the ball fell, a pair of opposing players jumped together, collided and missed it.
    • I had survived; I hadn't hit anyone or anything and nobody had collided with me.
    • In May two trains collided and derailed near the station during the morning rush-hour.
    • Another train wreck today: California freight train collided with a passenger train.
    • Officers were told Richardson's car had mounted the kerb and it had been swerving before it collided with a lamppost.
    • A youth was killed when a passenger train collided with his car on a level crossing in East Yorkshire last night.
    • It was the only time in recorded history that our planet may have collided with a huge celestial object.
    • The car was shunted backwards by the force of the impact and collided with the black Ford Fiesta directly behind it.
    • He collided with a shelf holding computer parts and knocked some to the floor with a clatter.
    • Six students were injured in Casino on Wednesday morning when their school bus collided with a car.
    • It collided with the jug, sending it toppling over and crashing onto the polished tiles.
    • Having split apart, the continents eventually started to collide with each other, and their different groups of mammals started to mix.
    • The accident happened when the Corsa collided with a blue Ford Escort as both vehicles travelled towards Haxby.
    • Later in the afternoon, at 5.40 pm, a two vehicle accident saw cars colliding on the Hatston Brae after slipping on snow.
    Synonyms
    crash (into), come into collision (with), bang (into), slam (into), impact (with)
    hit, strike, run into, meet head-on, smash into, smack into, cannon into, plough into, bump into, crack into/against, knock into, dash against
    North American informal barrel into
    1. 1.1 Come into conflict or opposition.
      in his work, politics and metaphysics collide
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Different dance worlds collide at Tangente's Majors series this weekend.
      • We might find out that we have been part of different worlds with colliding interests - scientific and political.
      • Unfortunately, basic contract principles collide with his request for damages.
      • What is being made visible here is the fault-line where corporate culture collides with democratic politics.
      • Instead of which, the more Romantic orchestral playing collided with the period style of the choir and soloists.
      • As our collective anger collides head-on with our political system's intransigence, we're stuck with a classic case of an irresistible force meeting an immovable object.
      • Between those two opposing views, ideals collide and friendships are strained.
      • When those two forces collide, Japanese politics will at long last change.
      • We have different styles, different topics spark our interest and while our views do collide, we rarely arrive at them from the same direction.
      • When the personal collides with the political, someone is bound to get panned.
      • It is a place where history and people and power and politics collide in ways that touch the lives of every American.
      • The students and lecturers all have different motives for being there and these collide with painful consequences.
      • Four seismic forces will soon collide to test the president's true political acumen.
      • Postrel's book provides us with two very different worlds colliding with each other.
      • But when devotion to principle collides with electoral politics, hard truths must be faced.
      • The two worlds are colliding in an age-old clash that is causing some to wonder how long this great thing will last.
      • L knows full well that the abject takes on a very different meaning when it collides with our stereotypes of the black underclass.
      • The play shows political paranoia colliding with greed and ambition.
      • I think politics is intrinsically about idealism colliding with raw power.
      • It's when the love story collides with the subplot that conflict arises.
      Synonyms
      conflict, be in conflict, come into conflict, be in opposition, clash, differ, diverge, disagree, be at variance, be at odds, be incompatible

Origin

Early 17th century (in the sense 'cause to collide'): from Latin collidere, from col- 'together' + laedere 'to strike'.

Rhymes

abide, applied, aside, astride, backslide, beside, bestride, betide, bide, bride, chide, Clyde, cockeyed, coincide, confide, cried, decide, divide, dried, elide, five-a-side, glide, guide, hide, hollow-eyed, I'd, implied, lied, misguide, nationwide, nide, offside, onside, outride, outside, pan-fried, pied, pie-eyed, pitch-side, popeyed, pride, provide, ride, Said, shied, side, slide, sloe-eyed, snide, square-eyed, starry-eyed, statewide, Strathclyde, stride, subdivide, subside, tide, tried, undyed, wall-eyed, wide, worldwide
 
 

Definition of collide in US English:

collide

verbkəˈlīdkəˈlaɪd
[no object]
  • 1Hit with force when moving.

    she collided with someone
    two suburban trains collided
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Officers were told Richardson's car had mounted the kerb and it had been swerving before it collided with a lamppost.
    • I had survived; I hadn't hit anyone or anything and nobody had collided with me.
    • Wallace collided with three other bikes at Wheeler's Corner at the Dundrod Circuit in Co Antrim.
    • The car was shunted backwards by the force of the impact and collided with the black Ford Fiesta directly behind it.
    • He collided with a shelf holding computer parts and knocked some to the floor with a clatter.
    • Six students were injured in Casino on Wednesday morning when their school bus collided with a car.
    • A youth was killed when a passenger train collided with his car on a level crossing in East Yorkshire last night.
    • He unwittingly collides with the toughest star player on the opposing team and is knocked unconscious, along with his gigantic opponent.
    • As the ball fell, a pair of opposing players jumped together, collided and missed it.
    • He braked but the vehicle would not stop and they collided with the wall.
    • Put simply, if a moving atom collides with a photon coming in the opposite direction with the appropriate energy, the atom will be knocked back and slowed down.
    • The accident happened when the Corsa collided with a blue Ford Escort as both vehicles travelled towards Haxby.
    • There were more accidents, more trucks, which had collided with trees, culverts, or run off the road.
    • In May two trains collided and derailed near the station during the morning rush-hour.
    • Their call follows an accident in Welling when a bus collided with a van which was turning left across the bus lane.
    • Another train wreck today: California freight train collided with a passenger train.
    • Having split apart, the continents eventually started to collide with each other, and their different groups of mammals started to mix.
    • It collided with the jug, sending it toppling over and crashing onto the polished tiles.
    • Later in the afternoon, at 5.40 pm, a two vehicle accident saw cars colliding on the Hatston Brae after slipping on snow.
    • It was the only time in recorded history that our planet may have collided with a huge celestial object.
    Synonyms
    crash, crash into, come into collision, come into collision with, bang, bang into, slam, slam into, impact, impact with
    1. 1.1 Come into conflict or opposition.
      in his work, politics and metaphysics collide
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We might find out that we have been part of different worlds with colliding interests - scientific and political.
      • Instead of which, the more Romantic orchestral playing collided with the period style of the choir and soloists.
      • As our collective anger collides head-on with our political system's intransigence, we're stuck with a classic case of an irresistible force meeting an immovable object.
      • Unfortunately, basic contract principles collide with his request for damages.
      • It is a place where history and people and power and politics collide in ways that touch the lives of every American.
      • The two worlds are colliding in an age-old clash that is causing some to wonder how long this great thing will last.
      • It's when the love story collides with the subplot that conflict arises.
      • What is being made visible here is the fault-line where corporate culture collides with democratic politics.
      • Between those two opposing views, ideals collide and friendships are strained.
      • Different dance worlds collide at Tangente's Majors series this weekend.
      • When the personal collides with the political, someone is bound to get panned.
      • The play shows political paranoia colliding with greed and ambition.
      • Postrel's book provides us with two very different worlds colliding with each other.
      • L knows full well that the abject takes on a very different meaning when it collides with our stereotypes of the black underclass.
      • The students and lecturers all have different motives for being there and these collide with painful consequences.
      • But when devotion to principle collides with electoral politics, hard truths must be faced.
      • When those two forces collide, Japanese politics will at long last change.
      • We have different styles, different topics spark our interest and while our views do collide, we rarely arrive at them from the same direction.
      • Four seismic forces will soon collide to test the president's true political acumen.
      • I think politics is intrinsically about idealism colliding with raw power.
      Synonyms
      conflict, be in conflict, come into conflict, be in opposition, clash, differ, diverge, disagree, be at variance, be at odds, be incompatible

Origin

Early 17th century (in the sense ‘cause to collide’): from Latin collidere, from col- ‘together’ + laedere ‘to strike’.

 
 
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