collide
/kəˈlaɪd/verb
no obj.
1- hit by accident when moving(偶然)碰撞:
she collided with someone
她和人相撞
two suburban trains collided.
两列郊区火车相撞。
1.1
- come into conflict or opposition冲突; 抵触:
in his work, politics and metaphysics collide.
在他的工作中, 政治活动和形而上学是相互抵触的。
词源
early 17th cent. (in the sense 'cause to collide'): from Latin collidere, from col- 'together' + laedere 'to strike or damage'.