vi.碰撞；互撞；砥觸

The bus and the van collided. 公共汽車與客貨車相撞。

The ships collided in the fog. 輪船在霧中相撞。

As the bus turned the corner, it collided with a van. 公共汽車轉(zhuǎn)過拐角時(shí)與客貨車相撞。

But during the collision, one galaxy can rip the other apart gravitationally, and dust and gas common to both galaxies does collide. 當(dāng)星系互撞期間，星系可能因重力拉扯另外一個(gè)星系，塵埃與云氣也會(huì)因此而合并。

The space between stars is so vast that when galaxies collide, the stars in them usually do not collide. 因?yàn)楹阈堑拈g距非常大，所以在星系碰撞的過程中，恒星通常不會(huì)互撞。

The interests of the two countries collided. 兩國的利益發(fā)生沖突。

They regularly collide over policy decisions. 他們經(jīng)常在政策決策上發(fā)生沖突。

collide的基本意思是“(使)撞擊”,表示由于一種明顯的,常常是破壞性的力量或被動(dòng)而引起的不同程度的直接沖撞或相互碰撞。引申則可表示兩種思想、觀點(diǎn)、利益等嚴(yán)重分歧或明顯對(duì)立。

collide只用作不及物動(dòng)詞,常與介詞with連用,表示“與…相撞”“與…相沖突”。