HIT/BUMP INTOto hit someone or something while moving fast 猛撞;碰撞
cannon into
She came hurtling round the corner and cannoned straight into me.
她飞奔着转过拐角,和我撞了个满怀。
cannon off
The ball cannoned off the far post.
球打在远门柱上弹了出去。
Examples from the Corpus
cannon• Koeman was involved everywhere and cracked in a 35-yardshot which cannoned back off the post after 48 minutes.• He went running off after the boy down the tunnel, dodging people and cannoning into others.• Soon he was cannoning off limetrees and, as they passed the second gates, crashed into the left-handgatepost.• Lights blazing, their car cannoned off the kerb, tyressquealing in protest, then they were roaring along the alley.• White burst clear, but his shot cannoned off the legs of the experienced Barcelona keeper Zubizaretta.
Origincannon
(1300-1400)Frenchcanon, from Italiancannone“large tube, cannon”, from canna; → CANNELLONI
ADJECTIVE | VERB + CANNON | CANNON + VERB | CANNON + NOUNADJECTIVE➤automatic自動火炮▸➤water高壓水龍◇Riot police used water cannon to disperse the crowd.防暴警察用高壓水龍驅散人群。VERB + CANNON➤load, mount裝炮彈▸➤aim將炮瞄準▸➤fire, shoot開炮;發射炮彈CANNON + VERB➤boom, roar, thunder炮聲隆隆◇Cannons thundered to their right.大炮在他們的右邊轟鳴。➤fire (sth), shoot (sth)大炮射向(⋯)◇As the king stepped ashore the cannons fired a salute.國王登岸時,鳴響禮炮致意。CANNON + NOUN➤ball(usually cannonball) , shell炮彈▸➤blast, fire, shot炮彈爆炸聲;炮火;大炮射擊▸➤crew炮兵▸➤fodder (figurative) 炮灰◇The foot soldiers were just used as cannon fodder (= considered not as people but as material to be used up in war).這些步兵只不過被當作炮灰。