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单词 collision
释义
collision
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n

A collision is when two or more things smash together. You shouldn't give yourself a pedicure while driving because it might result in a collision, wrecking your car and spoiling your toenail polish to boot.
Collision comes from the Latin col-, "together," and lædĕre, "to hurt by striking." When a train hits a car, that's a collision. An asteroid hurtling toward earth is on a "collision course" with our planet. Collision also works for abstract conflicts that get violent or hurt your brain somehow, like the collision between two politicians during a debate, or the collision of colors in your outfit.
WORD FAMILY
collision: collisions+/collide: collided, collider, collides, colliding, collision/collider: colliders
USAGE EXAMPLES
The Federal Aviation Administration says the collision occurred shortly after 5:30 p.m. near Aero Country Airport.
Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016)
This vignette gets its bathetic comedy from the collision of two scales: the immensity of war and its mass casualties hitting against private comforts.
The New Yorker(Dec 31, 2016)
Spain's Catalonia region seems set on a new collision course with Madrid after a vow by its leader to hold an independence referendum in 2017.
BBC(Dec 31, 2016)
1n an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object
three passengers were killed in the collision
the collision of the two ships resulted in a serious oil spill
Hypo|Hyper
fender-bender
a collision between motor vehicles that produces minor damage
pileup
multiple collisions of vehicles
smash, smash-up
a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
accident
an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
2n (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction
Syn|Hyper
hit
contact, impinging, striking
the physical coming together of two or more things
3n a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
a collision of interests
Hyper
conflict, difference, difference of opinion, dispute
a disagreement or argument about something important
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