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'm afraid I have to be a little late because of traffic jam.
  因为交通堵塞，我恐怕得晚点到了。
• 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。
• Oh, there's a traffic jam.
  哦，堵车了。
• 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。
• There's another traffic jam on the highway.
  公路上又堵车了。
• 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 were caught in a traffic jam this morning.
  今天早晨堵车了。
• We got stuck in a traffic jam.
  我们遇上交通堵塞了。
• I was stuck in a traffic jam for an hour yesterday.
  昨天我堵车堵了一个小时。
• 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。