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冲击,碰击;效果,影响,作用装紧,压紧;塞满;冲击,碰撞
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Impact \Im"pact\, n.
1. Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible
contact; force communicated.
The quarrel, by that impact driven. --Southey.
2. (Mech.) The single instantaneous stroke of a body in
motion against another either in motion or at rest.
Impact \Im*pact"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impacted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Impacting}.] [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push,
strike against. See {Impinge}.]
To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a
place. --Woodward.
资料来源 : WordNet®
impact
n 1: the striking of one body against another
2: a forceful consequence; a strong effect; "the book had an
important impact on my thinking"; "the book packs a
wallop" [syn: {wallop}]
3: influencing strongly; "they resented the impingement of
American values on European culture" [syn: {impingement},
{encroachment}]
4: the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering
into combat; "the armies met in the shock of battle" [syn:
{shock}]
impact
v 1: press or wedge together; pack together
2: have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?" [syn: {affect},
{bear upon}, {bear on}, {touch on}, {touch}]