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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
accident
1 accidents in general 2 crashes 3 after an accident things which happen unintentionally INTEND/PLAN
1 accidents in general - an unpleasant event that happens unexpectedly and causes damage, injury or death: accident I saw a really bad accident (= traffic accident) on my way home from work today. ◎ to have a nasty/serious accident ◎ She was involved in a serious accident at work. - a very bad accident: disaster a nuclear disaster ◎ the Clapham rail disaster (= a train accident at a place called Clapham) - if you frequently have accidents, you are accident-prone I've never known anybody so accident-prone - yesterday she fell down the stairs and today she trod on some broken glass. - to stop an accident happening: prevent sth; noun (U): prevention People need to be taught how to prevent accidents. - a kind of contract (= written agreement) in which, in return for regular payment, a company agrees to pay you a sum of money in case you lose sth, become ill, die, etc: insurance (against sth) (noun U) motor insurance ◎ accident insurance ※ more on insurance and preventing accidents INSURANCE, AVOID/PREVENT
2 crashes - to have an accident in a vehicle: crash (sth); noun: crash All of a sudden, I realized we were going to crash. ◎ Mum, Dad, I'm sorry - I've crashed the car. ◎ We were held up by a crash on the motorway. ◎ a train/plane crash - to touch sb or sth with a lot of force: hit* sb/sth He was hit by a lorry as he was crossing the road. - to hit sth by accident when you are moving: bump against/into sth I wasn't looking where I was going and bumped into the door. - to move with great force into/against/through sth: crash/smash into/against/through sth The car skidded and smashed through the shop window. - an accident in which two people or things hit each other violently: collision; verb: collide (with sb/sth) I collided with another pedestrian as I ran down the street. - with the front of one car, etc hitting the front of another: head-on (adjective, adverb) She was involved in a head-on collision with another car. ◎ We collided head-on. - a crash that involves several cars, etc: pile-up There was a big pile-up involving two lorries and four cars on the M4 last week. - to turn over so that the top is at the bottom: overturn The car hit the lorry and then overturned. - to hit sb with a car: run* sb over, knock sb down A car came speeding round the corner and knocked down an old lady who was crossing the road. - a driver who knocks sb down and does not stop to see if they are hurt: hit-and-run driver; an accident where this happens: hit-and-run accident The police are looking for a young man after a hit-and-run accident last night. - when a train comes off the railway track, it is derailed - a train crash in which a train comes off the track: derailment - when an aircraft falls from the sky, it crashes, comes* down The plane ran out of fuel and came down in the sea.
3 after an accident ※ damage - to make sth useless or not as good as before: damage sth; the effect of damaging sth: damage (noun U) - a hollow place in the surface of sth that is the result of sth hitting it hard: dent; verb: dent sth I bumped into a lamp post in my car and dented the bonnet. - pieces from sth that has crashed or been destroyed: debris (noun U) Debris was scattered right across the road. ※ injury - physical damage caused to a person or animal, especially in an accident: injury (noun C/U) Ten people were taken to hospital with serious injuries. - a condition of extreme weakness caused by damage to the body or by seeing or being part of a bad accident: shock (noun U); suffering from shock: in shock Nobody was hurt as a result of the accident but three people were being treated for shock. - a person who is killed or seriously injured in an accident: casualty It was a serious accident, with numerous casualties. ◎ the casualty list (= the list of people hurt in an accident) ※ more on injuries INJURY ※ help - to save sb/sth from sth that is dangerous or unpleasant: rescue sb/sth (from sb/sth); noun: rescue; a person who does this: rescuer Five men have been rescued from a blazing oil platform. ◎ I want to thank my rescuers. - the official services (fire, police and ambulance) that give help after an accident: the rescue services - a special motor vehicle for taking injured people to and from hospital: ambulance - a piece of cloth supported by two poles that is used for carrying a person who has been injured in an accident: stretcher - a person who has had special training in caring for people who are ill or hurt. They often travel in ambulances and go to people injured in an accident: paramedic - a way of restoring sb's breath to save their life after a bad accident: kiss of life He was pulled out of the water and given the kiss of life. ※ the fire service FIRE - the police POLICE
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