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

• When I went home, I was caught in a traffic jam.
  当我回家的时候，我碰上了交通堵塞。
• Oh, we are in a traffic jam!
  倒霉啊，我们遇上交通堵塞了。
• Due to a traffic jam, I was late for work.
  因为交通堵塞，我上班迟到了。
• There was a traffic jam so my bus was delayed.
  有个交通阻塞事件，所以我搭的公共汽车被耽搁了。
• We were caught in a traffic jam this morning.
  今天早晨堵车了。
• There's another traffic jam on the highway.
  公路上又堵车了。
• We are in the major traffic jam. What's wrong?
  我们陷入了交通阻塞。出什么事了？
• 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 can't help it. I was in a traffic jam.
  我也没办法，遇上了塞车。
• I was delayed by a traffic jam.
  交通堵塞耽搁了时间。