slam

verb

/slæm/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they slam	/slæm/ /slæm/
he / she / it slams	/slæmz/ /slæmz/
past simple slammed	/slæmd/ /slæmd/
past participle slammed	/slæmd/ /slæmd/
-ing form slamming	/ˈslæmɪŋ/ /ˈslæmɪŋ/

Idioms

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[intransitive, transitive] to shut, or to make something shut, with a lot of force, making a loud noise（使…）砰地關上 synonym bang
- I heard the door slam behind him.我聽見他砰地把身後的門關上。
- + adj. A window slammed shut in the wind.風吹得一扇窗戶咣地關上了。
- slam something He stormed out of the house, slamming the door as he left.他怒氣沖沖地從房子裏出來，把門砰地關上。
- slam something + adj. She slammed the lid shut.她砰的一聲蓋上蓋子。
- + adv./prep. She slammed out of the room (= went out and slammed the door behind her).她随手砰的一聲關上門出去了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- hard
- loudly
- angrily
- …
verb + slam
- hear something
preposition
- against
- behind
- into
- …
phrases
- slam something home
- slam on the brakes
- slam (something) shut
- …
See full entry
[transitive] slam something + adv./prep. to put, push or throw something into a particular place or position with a lot of force用力一放；使勁一推；猛勁一摔
- She slammed down the phone angrily.她氣呼呼地啪的一聲挂上電話。
- He slammed on the brakes (= stopped the car very suddenly).他猛地刹住汽車。
Extra Examples
- He repeatedly slammed the man's head against the wall.他一次又一次把那男子的頭往牆上猛撞。
- He slammed home the penalty for goal number two.他一腳猛射，罰進了第二粒點球。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- hard
- loudly
- angrily
- …
verb + slam
- hear something
preposition
- against
- behind
- into
- …
phrases
- slam something home
- slam on the brakes
- slam (something) shut
- …
See full entry
[intransitive, transitive] to crash into something with a lot of force; to make somebody/something crash into something with a lot of force（使）重重地撞上
- + adv./prep. The car skidded and slammed into a tree.汽車打滑，砰的一聲撞到樹上。
- (figurative) Kath's heart slammed against her ribs.卡思的心咚咚地跳着。
- slam somebody/something + adv./prep. The force of the explosion slammed me against the wall.爆炸的力量把我摔到牆上。
Synonyms crash
crash
- slam
- collide
- smash
- wreck
These are all words that can be used when something, especially a vehicle, hits something else very hard and is damaged or destroyed.
- crash to hit an object or another vehicle, causing damage; to make a vehicle do this:
  I was terrified that the plane would crash.我很害怕飛機會失事。
- slam (something) into/against somebody/something to crash into something with a lot of force; to make something do this:
  The car skidded and slammed into a tree.汽車打滑，砰的一聲撞到樹上。
- collide (rather formal) (of two vehicles or people) to crash into each other; (of a vehicle or person) to crash into somebody/something else: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.那輛小轎車和貨車在濃霧中迎面相撞。
- smash (rather informal) to crash into something with a lot of force; to make something do this; to crash a car:指（使）猛烈撞擊、猛烈碰撞或撞車：
  Ram-raiders smashed a stolen car through the shop window.飙車搶劫者駕着偷來的汽車撞破商店櫥窗。
crash, slam or smash?用 crash、slam 還是 smash？Crash is used especially to talk about vehicles and can be used without a preposition: We’re going to crash, aren’t we? In this meaning slam and smash always take a preposition: We’re going to slam/smash, aren’t we? They are used for a much wider range of things than just vehicles. Crash can also be used for other things, if used with a preposition: He crashed down the phone.
- wreck to crash a vehicle and damage it so badly that it is not worth repairing指使交通工具徹底毀壞
Patterns
- two vehicles crash/collide
- two vehicles crash/slam/smash into each other
- to crash/smash/wreck a car
Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
[transitive] slam somebody/something (used especially in newspapers尤用於報章) to criticize somebody/something very strongly猛烈抨擊
- The government has been slammed for failing to take firm action against drinking and driving.政府因未能對酒後駕車采取堅決行動而受到抨擊。

Word Originlate 17th cent.: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Old Norse slam(b)ra.

Idioms

shut/slam the door in somebody’s face

to shut a door hard when somebody is trying to come in將某人拒之門外；讓某人吃閉門羹
to refuse to talk to somebody or meet them, in a rude way拒絕同某人談話；拒絕見某人

slam

noun

/slæm/

[usually singular]

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an act of slamming something; the noise of something being slammed猛關（或推、摔、撞等）；猛摔（或撞等）的聲音
- She gave the door a good hard slam.她使勁一推，門砰的一聲關上了。
- The front door closed with a slam.前門猛地關上了。
see also body slam
a competition in which people perform their poems to an audience, which chooses a winner 猛擊：人們向觀衆表演詩歌的比賽，由比賽選擇獲勝者
- A poetry slam with cash prizes will be among the social events. 帶有現金獎勵的詩歌朗誦會將是社交活動之一。
see also grand slam, spoken word (2)
Grand Slam
a set of very important competitions in a particular sport in the same year in tennis, golf or rugby; one of the individual competitions that make up a Grand Slam大滿貫：同一年在網球，高爾夫或橄欖球中一項特定運動中的一系列非常重要的比賽；組成大滿貫的一項個人比賽
- She won her first slam with a dominant final. 她以壓倒性的決賽赢得了她的第一個大滿貫。