traffic jam

IPA/ˈtræfɪk dʒæm/
IPA/ˈtræfɪk dʒæm/

traffic jam — noun

  • traffic jamsingular
  • traffic jamsplural

1. a road situation where so many vehicles crowd together that they can only crawl

1.名詞B1
釋義

a road situation where so many vehicles crowd together that they can only crawl forward, or cannot move at all.

例句

Takeshi missed the first song when his taxi hit a traffic jam outside the stadium.

hit a traffic jam

A broken bus caused a traffic jam near the bridge during the morning rush.

cause a traffic jam

同義詞
  • gridlock

    stronger; suggests traffic has almost completely stopped

  • tailback

    more common in British English for a long line of slow traffic

  • backup

    informal, especially in American English

反義詞

文法句型

be in a traffic jam

get stuck in a traffic jam

cause a traffic jam

clear a traffic jam

用法筆記

Use it as a countable noun after verbs such as be in, get stuck in, cause, and clear. It usually refers to one delay on a particular road or area, not to traffic in general.

常見錯誤

❌We were in traffic jam for an hour.
✅We were in a traffic jam for an hour.
💡The singular noun needs 'a' before it.