He heard tires squeal as the car braked to avoid a collision.是什么意思？

He heard tires squeal as the car braked to avoid a collision.

为避免相撞而刹车时，他听到了轮胎与地面刺耳的摩擦声。

he

pron. 他，它，一个人；n. 雄性动物；

例句
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
最终理智占了上风，他打消了那个念头。

heard

v. 听到，听见( hear的过去式和过去分词 )，听说，得知，听取；

例句
He acted as if he hadn't heard any of it...
他表现得好像对此毫不知情。

tires

v. （使）疲劳( tire的第三人称单数 )，对（做）某事感到厌倦；

例句
The car's tires bit loudly on the rutted snow in the street.
汽车轮子碾入街道上布满车辙的雪里，发出很大的声响。

squeal

vt.& vi. 发尖叫声，〈俚〉激烈抗议，〈俚〉告密；n. 长而尖锐的叫声，〈美〉抗议；

例句
He heard tires squeal as the car braked to avoid a collision...
为避免相撞而刹车时，他听到了轮胎与地面刺耳的摩擦声。

as

adv. 同样地，一样地，例如；prep. 作为，以…的身份，如

例句
As far as I can recall, Patti was a Smith.
我记得帕蒂是姓史密斯的。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

car

n. 汽车，车厢，轿车；

例句
His car was held up and he was abducted by four gunmen...
他的车遭遇拦劫，随后他被4名持枪歹徒劫持。

braked

v. 刹（车）( brake的过去式和过去分词 )；

例句
He heard tires squeal as the car braked to avoid a collision...
为避免相撞而刹车时，他听到了轮胎与地面刺耳的摩擦声。

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

avoid

vt. 避开，避免，预防，[法]使无效，撤销，废止；

例句
I've known clients of mine go to absurd lengths, just to avoid paying me a few pounds...
我知道我的一些客户就为了少付我几英镑，可谓无所不用其极。

collision

n. 碰撞，冲突，（意见，看法）的抵触，（政党等的）倾轧；

例句
The collision took place in the busiest shipping lanes in the world.
撞船事故发生在全世界最繁忙的航道上。