slam
US: /ˈsɫæm/
UK: /slˈæm/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
slam /slæm/- danh từ
- tiếng cửa đóng sầm
- sự ăn hầu hết, sự ăn hết (quân bài đối phương)
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) lời phê bình gay gắt, lời đả kích đao to búa lớn
- ngoại động từ
- đóng sầm (cửa)
- to slam the door on somebody: đóng cửa sầm một cái vào mặt ai
- ném phịch (vật gì, xuống bàn...)
- (từ lóng) thắng một cách dễ dàng
- giội, nã (đạn đại bác)
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) phê bình gay gắt, đả kích kịch liệt
- đóng sầm (cửa)
- nội động từ
- đóng sầm, rập mạnh (cửa)
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun+ verb (-mm-)
1 to shut, or to make sth shut, with a lot of force, making a loud noise: [V] I heard the door slam behind him. + A window slammed shut in the wind. + [VN] He stormed out of the house, slamming the door as he left. + [VN-ADJ] She slammed the lid shut. + She slammed out of the room (= went out and slammed the door behind her).
2 [VN +adv./prep.] to put, push or throw sth into a particular place or position with a lot of force: She slammed down the phone angrily. + He slammed on the brakes (= stopped the car very suddenly).
3 (used especially in newspapers) to criticize sb/sth very strongly: The government has been slammed for failing to take firm action against drinking and driving.
Idioms see DOOR
Phrasal Verbs: slam into / against sb/sth
slam sth into / against sb/sth to crash into sth with a lot of force; to make sth crash into sth with a lot of force: The car skidded and slammed into a tree. + The force of the explosion slammed me against the wall.
+ noun [usually sing.] an act of slamming sth; the noise of sth being slammed: She gave the door a good hard slam. + The front door closed with a slam.
See also -
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 shut, fling closed, bang:
Gillian said that she hated encyclopedias, and slammed the door in the salesman's face.
2 crash, smash, smack, dash, ram, bang, slap:
Not looking where he was going, Newland slammed his car into a street lamp.
3 criticize, attack, vilify, pillory, run down, disparage, denigrate, denounce, put down, flay, pounce on or upon, Colloq shoot down, pan, Chiefly Brit slate:
The critics slammed his play because of the way it portrayed women.
Collocation
ADV.
hard
She ran out of the room and slammed the door as hard as she could.
| back, down
He said goodbye and slammed the phone down.
VERB + SLAM
hear sth
PREP.
against
Kath's heart slammed against her ribs.
| behind
I heard the door slam behind him.
| into
The car skidded and slammed into a tree.
PHRASES
slam (sth) shut
He slammed the lid shut.
Concise dictionary
slammed|slamming|slamsslæmnoun
+winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
+the noise made by the forceful impact of two objects
+a forceful impact that makes a loud noise
+an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
verb
+close violently
+strike violently
+dance the slam dance
+throw violently
