clog

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n. 障碍, 脚坠 v. 障碍, 阻塞

发音

UK /klɒɡ/
其它
US /klɑɡ/
US /klɔɡ/

词形变化

clogs 复数 clogs clogged clogging clogs 三单 clogging 现在分词 clogged 过去式 clogged 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.

    Dutch people rarely wear clogs these days.

  2. 2.

    A blockage.

    阻塞

    The plumber cleared the clog from the drain.

  3. 3.

    A shoe of any type.

    英国 非正式
  4. 4.

    A weight, such as a log or block of wood, attached to a person or animal to hinder motion.

  5. 5.

    That which hinders or impedes motion; an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment of any kind.

v. B2
  1. 1.

    To block or slow passage through (often with 'up').

    阻塞

    Hair is clogging the drainpipe.

    The roads are clogged up with traffic.

  2. 2.

    To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.

  3. 3.

    To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.

  4. 4.

    To enforce a mortgage lender right that prevents a borrower from exercising a right to redeem.

    法律

    1973, Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Doerr, 123 N.J. Super. 530, 544, 303 A.2d 898. For centuries it has been the rule that a mortgagor’s equity of redemption cannot be clogged and that he cannot, as a part of the original mortgage transaction, cut off or surrender his right to redeem. Any agreement which does so is void and unenforceable as against public policy.

  5. 5.

    To perform a clog dance.

    不及物

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词源

Unknown; perhaps from Middle English clog (“weight attached to the leg of an animal to impede movement”). Perhaps of North Germanic origin and derived from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“lump, mass, clasp”); compare Old Norse klugu, klogo (“knotty tree log”), Dutch klomp.

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