traffic jam

英 [ˈtræfɪk dʒæm]

美 [ˈtræfɪk dʒæm]

n.  堵车; 交通阻塞

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牛津词典

noun

• 堵车；交通阻塞
  a long line of vehicles on a road that cannot move or that can only move very slowly
  1. We were stuck in a traffic jam .
     我们遇上了交通阻塞。

柯林斯词典

• 交通阻塞;堵车
  Atraffic jamis a long line of vehicles that cannot move forward because there is too much traffic, or because the road is blocked by something.

英英释义

noun

• a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move
  Synonym:snarl-up

双语例句

• The traffic jam is breaking up, so we can drive on.
  堵车开始疏通了，我们又可以继续开车了。
• There was a traffic jam because two cars were tailgating.
  交通堵塞是因为两车追尾。
• I was caught in a traffic jam.
  我碰到了交通堵塞。
• He was caught in a traffic jam and was late.
  他遇上了交通阻塞，来晚了。
• The traffic jam interrupted the flow of the cars.
  交通阻塞中断了小车的行驶。
• We were stuck in a traffic jam on our way to the airport.
  我们去机场的路上交通阻塞了。
• We are in the major traffic jam. What's wrong?
  我们陷入了交通阻塞。出什么事了？
• Oh, we are in a traffic jam!
  倒霉啊，我们遇上交通堵塞了。
• There was a traffic jam on the way, otherwise I would have arrived an hour ago.
  路上堵车，要不然我一小时前就到了。
• I was stuck in a traffic jam for an hour yesterday.
  昨天我堵车堵了一个小时。