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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++slam1 /slæm/ ●●○ verb (slammed, slamming) 1 door etc 门等 [intransitive, transitive]SHUT/CLOSELOUD/NOISY if a door, gate etc slams, or if someone slams it, it shuts with a loud noise （把…）砰地关上 SYN bang We heard a car door slam. 我们听到有车门砰的一声关上了。 He slammed the door shut. 他把门砰地关上。► see thesaurus at close2 put STH somewhere 放东西在某处 [transitive always + adverb/preposition]PUT to put something on or against a surface with a fast violent movement 摔，猛地放下slam something down/against/onto Henry slammed the phone down angrily. 亨利气呼呼地摔下电话。3 hit with force 用力击打 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to hit or attack someone or something with a lot of force 猛打，猛击，猛撞slam into/against etc All 155 passengers died instantly when the plane slammed into the mountain. 飞机一头撞到山上，155 名乘客顷刻间全部丧生。4 criticize 批评 [transitive]CRITICIZE to criticize someone or something strongly – used especially in newspapers 猛烈抨击〔尤用于报纸上〕 SYN slate Local media slammed plans to build a prison in the area. 当地媒体猛烈抨击要在该地区建一座监狱的计划。slam somebody for something The council was slammed for its unfair selection procedure. 委员会因其不公正的选拔程序而受到猛烈抨击。5. slam on the brakes TTCto make a car stop very suddenly by pressing the brakes very hard 猛踩刹车6 slam the door in somebody’s face a) SHUT/CLOSEto close a door hard when someone is trying to come in 砰的一声把某人关在门外，让某人吃闭门羹 b) REFUSEto rudely refuse to meet someone or talk to them 〔粗鲁地〕拒绝见某人，拒绝与某人谈话→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
slam• Comparatively, Northridge came through almost untarnished, and Los Angeles emerged shaken but hardly slammed.• Outside in the street, car doors slammed and people were shouting.• Conditions over the Pacific could cause huge storms to slam California this winter.• Bankers slammed Congress' plans to cap interest rates on credit cards.• Police slammed drivers for ignoring safety warnings.• Balfour slammed his canary-yellow, industrial vacuum truck into gear and roared after the varmint in a cloud of choking brown dust.• Paul Lambert then met Moravcik's cut-back and slammed his side's third past the goalkeeper.• The sound of the four doors clunking is like rifle-bolts slamming home.• Terror jolted through me, and I pushed the book back into the polished box, and slammed its lid shut.• She heard a door slam shut and the sound of footsteps on the path.• Jane marched out of the room slamming the door behind her.• He slammed the door so hard that the glass cracked.• She hastened back into the corridor and slammed the door.• He threw the last items into his suitcase and slammed the lid down and locked it.• Sullivan never misses a chance to slam the tobacco industry.• While you can click the 42oG's doors shut with fingertip pressure, slam them and they rattle.slam into/against etc• Do you want me to slam into 300-pound guys the whole game?• Drunk one day, driving her on his Harley, he slammed into a house that had once belonged to Jack London.• Another time Joe heard his adopted teenage brother Ron being slammed against a wall.• Chapter Fourteen Kate slammed into her house, banging the front door behind her.• A door slams against her in my heart.• He jumped off slam into the arms of a Municipal.• She saw the flaming jet slam into the block where her friends lived 100 yards away.slam2 noun [countable usually singular] SOUNDthe noise or action of a door, window etc slamming 砰的一声；猛关[摔，击，撞等]Examples from the Corpus
slam• And that was when Petey and Ted had to run into the house laughing and letting the screen door slam behind them.• She jumped at the slam and swiveled her head toward the whispers coming from behind the white stairs.Origin slam1 (1600-1700) Probably from a Scandinavian languageslam1 verbslam2 nounChinese
door, etc if or someone a if slams, Corpus gate
slam
slam1 /slæm/ 
verb (past tense and past participle slammed, present participle slamming)
SYN bang:
We heard a car door slam.
He slammed the door shut.
2. PUT SOMETHING SOMEWHERE [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to put something on or against a surface with a fast violent movement
slam something down/against/onto
Henry slammed the phone down angrily.
3. HIT WITH FORCE [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to hit or attack someone or something with a lot of force
slam into/against etc
All 155 passengers died instantly when the plane slammed into the mountain.
4. CRITICIZE [transitive] to criticize someone or something strongly – used especially in newspapers
SYN slate:
Local media slammed plans to build a prison in the area.
slam somebody for something
The council was slammed for its unfair selection procedure.
5. slam on the brakes to make a car stop very suddenly by pressing the brakes very hard
6. slam the door in sb’s face
a. to close a door hard when someone is trying to come in
b. to rudely refuse to meet someone or talk to them
▪ close to stop being open, or to make something stop being open. You use close and shut especially about your eyes, your mouth, a door, a window, or a container: Can I close the window? | Her eyes slowly closed. | He closed the door gently, so as not to wake the children.
▪shut to close something . Shut sometimes has a feeling of doing something quickly and firmly, whereas close sounds more careful: He shut the door with a loud bang. | Shut your eyes and go to sleep.
▪slam to close a door or lid quickly and noisily, especially because you are angry: She left the room, slamming the door behind her.
▪draw the curtains to close curtains by pulling them across a window: The curtains were still drawn at ten o'clock in the morning.
▪put the lid on something to close a container by putting a lid onto it: Did you put the lid on the cookie jar?
▪seal to close something so that no air or water can get in or out: In this experiment, the chamber must be completely sealed.
slam2 noun [countable usually singular]
the noise or action of a door, window etc slamming
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verb (past tense and past participle slammed, present participle slamming) Date: 1600-1700
Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language
1. DOOR ETC [intransitive and transitive] if a door, gate etc slams, or if someone slams it, it shuts with a loud noise Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language
SYN bang:
2. PUT SOMETHING SOMEWHERE [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to put something on or against a surface with a fast violent movement
slam something down/against/onto
3. HIT WITH FORCE [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to hit or attack someone or something with a lot of force
slam into/against etc
4. CRITICIZE [transitive] to criticize someone or something strongly – used especially in newspapers
SYN slate:
slam somebody for something
5. slam on the brakes to make a car stop very suddenly by pressing the brakes very hard
6. slam the door in sb’s face
a. to close a door hard when someone is trying to come in
b. to rudely refuse to meet someone or talk to them
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noun [countable usually singular]the noise or action of a door, window etc slamming
crash ( to hit an object or another vehicle, causing damage; to make a vehicle do thisrather
指（使）物体或交通工具碰撞或撞击 ：◆ I was terrified that the plane would crash. 我很害怕飞机会失事。 slam (sth) into/against sb/sth to crash into sth with a lot of force; to make sth do this 指（使）重重地撞上 ：◆ The car skidded and slammed into a tree. 汽车打滑，砰的一声撞到树上。 collide ( (of two vehicles or people) to crash into each other; (of a vehicle or person) to crash into sb/sth elserather
指交通工具或人碰撞、相撞或撞上 ：◆ The car and the van collided head-on in thick fog. 那辆小轿车和货车在浓雾中迎面相撞。 smash ( to crash into sth with a lot of force; to make sth do this; to crash a carrather
指（使）猛烈撞击、猛烈碰撞或撞车 ：◆ Ram-raiders smashed a stolen car through the shop window. 飙车抢劫者驾着偷来的汽车撞破商店橱窗。
crash, slam or smash? 用 crash、slam 还是 smash？
wreck to crash a vehicle and damage it so badly that it is not worth repairing 指使交通工具彻底毁坏
Patterns
two vehicles crash/collidetwo vehicles crash/slam/smashinto each other to crash/smash/wreck a car