slam

Word family

slam1 /slæm/ verb (slammed, slamming)

1 door etc 门等 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]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。

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2 put STH somewhere 放东西在某处 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]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 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] 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 [transitiveT]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

Examples from the Corpus

slam on the brakes• If they don't agree on promotion, the stadium's financial backers may slam on the brakes.• My friend grabbed my arm and yelled and I slammed on the brakes.• Death Horror-struck, all he could do was slam on the brakes and pray.• All she could do was to slam on the brakes and shut her eyes.• I slammed on the brakes, skidding to a stop.• The driver slammed on the brakes; the Jeep screeched to a halt.

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

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 [countableC 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 language

slam1 verbslam2 noun

Chinese

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