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

• I was caught in a traffic jam.
  我碰到了交通堵塞。
• Due to a traffic jam, I was late for work.
  因为交通堵塞，我上班迟到了。
• I'm terribly sorry for being late. I was caught in a traffic jam.
  很对不起我迟到了，我在路上遇到了塞车。
• I was stuck in a traffic jam.
  我被困在了交通堵塞的情况中。
• We were delayed by a traffic jam on the highway this morning.
  今天早上我们给公路上交通阻塞耽搁了。
• We are in the major traffic jam. What's wrong?
  我们陷入了交通阻塞。出什么事了？
• We were caught in a traffic jam this morning.
  今天早晨堵车了。
• There was a traffic jam because two cars were tailgating.
  交通堵塞是因为两车追尾。
• 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。
• I was on the highway yesterday in a terrible traffic jam.
  我昨天咋高速公路上出了起严重的交通堵塞。