collision
noun/kəˈlɪʒn/
[countable, uncountable]Слово англійською: collision
Переклад collision українською: зіткнення; сутичка, колізія; суперечність (інтересів тощо)
Детальний опис
- an accident in which two vehicles or people crash into each other
- collision between A and B a collision between two trains
- collision with somebody/something Stewart was injured in a collision with another player.
- a head-on collision (= between two vehicles that are moving towards each other)
- a mid-air collision (= between two aircraft while they are flying)
- in collision with somebody/something His car was in collision with a motorbike.
- Wind and ice were blamed for the collision involving up to 12 vehicles.
- (formal) a strong disagreement between two people or between ideas, opinions, etc. that are opposed to each other; the meeting of two things that are very different
- collision between A and B a collision between two opposing points of view
- collision of A and B In his work we see the collision of two different traditions.
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin collisio(n-), from Latin collidere ‘strike together’, from col- ‘together’ + laedere ‘to strike’.
Idioms
be on a collision course (with somebody/something)
- to be in a situation that is almost certain to cause an argument
- I was on a collision course with my boss over the sales figures.
- to be moving in a direction in which it is likely that you will crash into somebody/something
- A giant iceberg was on a collision course with the ship.