logjam

n. 拥挤, 行不通, 为许多圆木材所阻

词形变化

logjams 复数 logjams logjammed logjamming logjams 三单 logjamming 现在分词 logjammed 过去式 logjammed 过去分词

别名

log jam

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion halts.

  2. 2.

    A clog or such jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress.

    比喻

    Efforts to amend the law got sidetracked in an administrative logjam.

v.
  1. 1.

    To deliberately impede or delay the progress of.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 8

stop stay check arrest mass halt hitch stoppage

词源

From log + jam.

来源：wiktionary