traffic jam

英 [ˈtræfɪk dʒæm]

美 [ˈtræfɪk dʒæm]

n.  堵车; 交通阻塞

Collins.1

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 stuck in a traffic jam.
  我被困在了交通堵塞的情况中。
• The traffic jam interrupted the flow of the cars.
  交通阻塞中断了小车的行驶。
• Sorry I'm late& I got stuck in a traffic jam for half an hour.
  对不起我迟到了&我被交通堵塞堵了半个小时。
• There's another traffic jam on the highway.
  公路上又堵车了。
• Due to a traffic jam, I was late for work.
  因为交通堵塞，我上班迟到了。
• 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。
• We can go this way to avoid a traffic jam.
  我们可以走这条路以避免塞车。
• But I can't reach there on time due to a traffic jam.
  但是由于交通阻塞我不能按时到那儿了。
• 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。
• He was caught in a traffic jam and was late.
  他遇上了交通阻塞，来晚了。