Word · Frequency #1263
impact
撞击；碰撞
to collide with or strike something
- 1.
To collide or strike, the act of impinging.
碰撞或撞击
- 2.
To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together.
压紧；压实；压入或压在一起
压实；压缩；碰撞或撞击；压紧；压实；压入或压在一起；挤入；撞击
In use
The new policy will impact small businesses significantly.
The falling tree impacted the roof of the house.
Her speech impacted everyone in the audience deeply.
Verb forms
base impact · third person impacts · -ing impacting · past impacted · past participle impacted
规则动词，变化为加-ed形式。
Connections
Collocations
- impact the ground
- 撞击地面
- The aircraft impacted the ground and burst into flames.飞机撞击地面并起火。
- impact against
- 撞击在……上
- The waves impacted against the seawall during the storm.暴风雨中，海浪撞击着海堤。
- impact with
- 与……相撞
- The car impacted with the tree at high speed.汽车与树高速相撞。
- impacted soil
- 板结的土壤
- The gardener broke up the impacted soil before planting.园丁在种植前把板结的土壤松开了。
- impacted tooth
- 阻生牙
- The dentist recommended removing her impacted tooth.牙医建议拔掉她的阻生牙。
- impacted fracture
Learner notes
Memory Tip
impact 谐音“硬拍它”：硬物猛拍上去就是“撞击”，拍紧压实就是“压缩”。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：科技或工程文献、正式事故或冲击描述、材料压实工艺 作动词时，impact 表示“撞击”或“压紧/压实”，通常用于较正式的书面或技术性语境，日常口语中较少这样用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All of these words end in the stressed sound /ækt/, matching impact /ɪmˈpækt/. Be careful with lookalikes that shift stress, such as the noun contact /ˈkɒntækt/ and the noun compact /ˈkɒmpækt/: they do not rhyme.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，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。
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