slam
verb
uk/slæm/us/slæm/-mm-B2[IorT]
to (causeto)moveagainst a hardsurfacewithforceand usually aloudnoise:
(使)重重撞上,(使)砰地关上Thewindmade thedoor/windowslam (shut).风吹过来门/窗户砰地关上了。
Close thedoorcarefully, don't slam it.小心关门,别使劲关。
He slammed thebrakeson(= used themquicklyand withforce)when achildraninfrontof hiscar.一个孩子在他车前跑过,他猛地踩下刹车。
I had tostopsuddenly, and thecarbehind me slammedintothe back of me.我不得不猛地停下,结果后面的车砰地追尾撞到我的车上。
to close
- closeCan you close the door behind you?
- shutI shut the door so the cat couldn't get out.
- snap shutHe snapped his briefcase shut and walked out of the office.
- click shutThe door clicked shut.
- slamPlease don't slam the door.
[T]informal
tocriticize:
批评,抨击Although thereviewersslammed theplay, theaudiencelovedit.尽管评论家们猛烈抨击该剧,观众们还是很喜欢。
Synonyms
attack(CRITICIZE)
castigateformal
censureformal
chastise(CRITICIZE)formal
condemn
criticize
damn(BLAME)
decryformal
denounce(CRITICIZE)
excoriateformal
railformal
revileformal
- She slammed thedoorafter her.
- Thewindowslammedshutwith aloudbang.
- She slammed hercasedown on thedeskwith asmack.
- I slammed on thebrake, but it was too late.
- Shestompedup thestairsand slammed herbedroomdoor.
Hitting against objects accidentally and colliding
- anti-collision
- anti-shock
- bang
- bowlsomeoneover
- bump
- cannon
- carom
- catch
- collision
- crash
- head-on
- jog
- plough intosomething/someone
- post-crash
- run(something)intosomething/someone
- runsomeone/somethingdown
- scuff
- smash
- smashsomethingup
- strike
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
Disapproving & criticizing
slam
noun[S]
uk/slæm/us/slæm/slamnoun[S](NOISE)
asuddenloudnoise:
突然发出的巨大声响Thedoorshutwith a slam.门砰的一声关上了。
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- babble
- blaze
- bong
- chuff
- clatter
- click away
- clicker
- clinking
- clunk
- crump
- growl
- gunshot
- hiss
- jangling
- plunk
- scrunch
- sonic boom
- tick
- white noise
- whoosh
slamnoun[S](COMPETITION)
aneventin whichpeoplereadouttheirpoemsto bejudgedby anaudience:
赛诗会apoetryslam一场赛诗会
Literature
- action hero
- alliterative
- alternative history
- anapest
- anti-literary
- femslash
- fictionality
- fictive
- free verse
- genre fiction
- ode
- passion play
- pentameter
- poem
- poesy
- tartan noir
- theatrics
- topos
- tragedy
- tragicomic
slamnoun[S](SPORTS)
in somesports,especiallytennis, one of theeventsthat arepartof agrand slam:
(体育)大满贯系列赛事中的一项Murraywonhis first slam in 2013.穆雷在2013年第一次赢得一项大满贯赛事的冠军。
Competitions, & parts of competitions
- be a game of two halvesidiom
- beauty contest
- beauty pageant
- benefit match
- competition
- contest
- debate
- head-to-head
- on your marks, get set, go!idiom
- peloton
- postgame
- postseason
- pre-meeting
- premiership
- pro-am
- quiz
- spelling bee
- the Champions League
- the Premier League
- under starter's ordersidiom