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1 collision
[kə'liʒən]noun (a crash; a violent striking together (of eg two vehicles): Ten people were injured in the collision between the bus and the car.) árekstur -
2 collide
(to strike together (usually accidentally) with great force: The cars collided in the fog; The van collided with a lorry.) rekast á -
3 crash
[kræʃ] 1. noun1) (a noise as of heavy things breaking or falling on something hard: I heard a crash, and looked round to see that he'd dropped all the plates.) brak, braml2) (a collision: There was a crash involving three cars.) árekstur3) (a failure of a business etc: the Wall Street crash.) fjárhagslegt hrun4) (a sudden failure of a computer: A computer crash is very costly.)2. verb1) (to (cause to) fall with a loud noise: The glass crashed to the floor.) skellast2) (to drive or be driven violently (against, into): He crashed (his car); His car crashed into a wall.) klessa3) ((of aircraft) to land or be landed in such a way as to be damaged or destroyed: His plane crashed in the mountains.) brotlenda4) ((of a business) to fail.) fara á hausinn5) (to force one's way noisily (through, into): He crashed through the undergrowth.) ryðjast, brjótast6) ((of a computer) to stop working suddenly: If the computer crashes, we may lose all our files.)3. adjective(rapid and concentrated: a crash course in computer technology.) skyndi-- crash-land -
4 head-on
adverb, adjective ((usually of cars etc) with the front of one car etc hitting the front of another car etc: a head-on collision; The two cars crashed head-on.) framan á -
5 mid
[mid](at, or in, the middle of: a midweek football match; in mid air; a mid-air collision between two aircraft.) mið-, í miðjunni, miður
См. также в других словарях:
collision — [ kɔlizjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1480; lat. collisio 1 ♦ Choc de deux corps qui se rencontrent. ⇒ impact. Collision entre deux voitures, deux trains. ⇒ accident, accrochage, télescopage. Entrer en collision avec (qqch.) :heurter (qqch.). Assurance tierce… … Encyclopédie Universelle
collision — col‧li‧sion [kəˈlɪʒn] noun [countable, uncountable] 1. INSURANCE when a vehicle hits another vehicle or object, causing damage: • His car was in collision with another vehicle. • All aircraft are now fitted with collision avoidance equipment. 2 … Financial and business terms
collision — I (accident) noun concussion, contact, convergence, crash, encounter, impact, impingement, jar, jolt, meeting, percussion, pileup, shock, striking together, sudden contact, violent contact associated concepts: avoidable collision, collision auto… … Law dictionary
Collision — (v. lat. Collisio), 1) das Zusammentreffen zweier harter Körper im Stoß; 2) Zusammentreffen entgegengesetzter Dinge od. Interessen in einem Punkte; 3) in der Jurisprudenz u. Moral das gleichzeitige Vorhandensein verschiedener Bestimmungen für… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Collision — Col*li sion, n. [L. collisio, fr. collidere. See {Collide}.] 1. The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing. [1913 Webster] 2. A state of opposition; antagonism;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
collision — COLLISION. s. f. Terme didactique. Le choe de deux corps. Les Philosophes expliquent plusieurs effets par la collision des corps … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
collision — early 15c., from M.Fr. collision (15c.), from L. collisionem (nom. collisio) a dashing together, noun of action from collidere (see COLLIDE (Cf. collide)) … Etymology dictionary
collision — COLLISION. s. f. Le choc de deux corps. Les Philosophes expliquent plusieurs effets par la collision des corps. Il n est bon que dans le dogmatique … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Collision — [engl.], Kollision … Universal-Lexikon
collision — *impact, impingement, clash, shock, concussion, percussion, jar, jolt Analogous words: striking, hitting (see STRIKE vb): wrecking or wreck, ruining or ruin, dilapidation (see corresponding verbs at RUIN): demolishment, destruction (see… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
collision — [n] accident blow, bump, butt, concussion, contact, crash, demolishment, destruction, dilapidation, encounter, fender bender*, headon*, hit, impact, jar, jolt, knock, percussion, pileup*, rap, ruin, shock, sideswipe, slam, smash, strike, thud,… … New thesaurus
