Word · Frequency #7136
cannons
猛撞；撞击
cannons is the third person singular of cannon.
to collide or strike violently, often bouncing off
常用于运动或物理碰撞场景，如 cannon off/into（撞击后弹开）。
- 1.
To bombard with cannons.
用炮轰击。
- 2.
To play the carom billiard shot; to strike two balls with the cue ball.
打双球撞球；用母球击中两个球。
- 3.
To fire something, especially spherical, rapidly.
快速发射某物,尤指球形物体。
- 4.
To collide or strike violently, especially so as to glance off or rebound.
猛烈碰撞或撞击,尤指擦过或反弹。
双球连击；打加农球；炮轰；轰击；飞速发射；快速发射；用炮轰击。；打双球撞球；用母球击中两个球。
In use
The cyclist lost control and cannoned into a tree by the road.
The tennis ball cannoned off the roof and landed in the neighbor's garden.
The puppy was cannoning around the room, knocking over every chair in its way.
cannon into sth
指猛烈碰撞，强调撞到某物上。
The car cannoned into a tree.
汽车猛地撞到一棵树上。
cannon off sth
指碰撞后弹开或改变方向。
The ball cannoned off the defender and went out.
球从防守队员身上弹开，飞出了界。
cannon sth into sth
表示快速用力地发射或击出某物，尤其是球形物体。
Connections
Collocations
- cannon into
- 猛撞上…
- He slipped and cannoned into the table.他脚下一滑，猛撞到了桌子上。
- cannon off
- 从…弹开
- The stone cannoned off the wall and hit a window.那块石头从墙上弹开，砸中了一扇窗户。
- cannon against
- 猛烈撞击…
- The car cannoned against the guardrail.汽车猛烈撞击了护栏。
- cannon through
- 横冲直撞地穿过…
- The dog cannoned through the crowd.那条狗横冲直撞地穿过人群。
Idioms & figurative uses
- loose cannon
- 难以捉摸、控制不住而可能惹麻烦的人Everyone thought he was a genius, but he turned out to be a loose cannon.大家都以为他是天才，结果他却是个难以捉摸、爱惹麻烦的人。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
别把它当“canon(经典)”，想想大炮(cannon)开火后炮弹四处猛撞——动词义就是“猛撞/快速连发”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：collision descriptions、sports reporting、narrative prose 作为动词，cannon 最常见的意思是“猛撞”，多用于英国英语，常与 into、off 连用，语气中性，比较常见于口语和新闻报道中；其他意思（炮轰、双球连击）较专业或陈旧，使用较少。
Pronunciation & Spelling
只有 canon 与 cannon 完全同音（/ˈkænən/）。can、cane 与 cannon 共享开头的 can- 拼写，但 can 读 /kæn/，cane 读 /keɪn/；canyon /ˈkænjən/、canny /ˈkæni/、banner /ˈbænər/ 也都是常见的拼写相近但发音不同的词。注意不要根据拼写猜测发音。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.