[no obj.]hit by accident when moving (偶然)碰撞 she collided with someone. 她和人相撞。 two suburban trains collided. 两列郊区火车相撞。 ■come into conflict or opposition 冲突;抵触 in his work, politics and metaphysics collide. 在他的工作中,政治活动和形而上学是相互抵触的。
语源
early 17th cent. (in the sense 'cause to collide'): from Latin collidere, from col- 'together' + laedere 'to strike or damage'