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 was caught in a traffic jam.
  我碰到了交通堵塞。
• We were delayed by a traffic jam on the highway this morning.
  今天早上我们给公路上交通阻塞耽搁了。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• There's another traffic jam on the highway.
  公路上又堵车了。
• I'm terribly sorry for being late. I was caught in a traffic jam.
  很对不起我迟到了，我在路上遇到了塞车。
• He was caught in a traffic jam and was late.
  他遇上了交通阻塞，来晚了。
• Oh, there's a traffic jam.
  哦，堵车了。
• Due to a traffic jam, I was late for work.
  因为交通堵塞，我上班迟到了。