clog

clog
noun
  1. a shoe with a thick wooden sole
    厚木底鞋
  2. an encumbrance or impediment
    累赘;妨碍,障碍
    they found the tax to be an unacceptable clog on the market.
    他们发现税收是不受市场欢迎的累赘。
(clogged, clogging)
  1. [with obj.] fill or block with an accumulation of thick, wet matter
    填满;塞满(湿厚物)
    the gutters were clogged up with leaves.
    阴沟里塞满了树叶。
    [as adj. clogged]clogged drains.
    阻塞了的排水沟。
    ■[no obj.]become blocked in this way
    阻塞
    too much fatty food makes your arteries clog up.
    吃太多油腻食物会阻塞你的动脉。
    ■fill up or crowd (something) so as to obstruct passage
    阻塞;填塞(通路)
    tourists' cars clog the roads into Cornwall.
    旅游者的车子阻塞了进入康沃尔的道路。
语源
  1. Middle English (in the sense 'block of wood to impede an animal's movement'): of unknown origin
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