jammed
jammed — 動詞
1. Past form of 'jam'; if a movable part, machine, or mechanism jammed, it stopped
卡住；卡死
機械或零件因卡到東西而停止運作
Past form of 'jam'; if a movable part, machine, or mechanism jammed, it stopped working because something got wedged inside it and would not move.
The printer jammed again, and Tamar had to pull a crumpled sheet from inside.
印表機又卡紙了，Tamar 只好把皺成一團的紙從機器裡拉出來。
intransitive: subject is a machine that stops moving
Beatriz pushed the window, but the old wooden frame had jammed shut overnight.
Beatriz 用力推窗戶，但是舊木窗框過了一夜就卡死了。
past participle of mechanical stuck-ness
Halfway up the hill, the bicycle's gears jammed and Minh had to walk the rest of the way.
上坡到一半時，腳踏車的變速器卡住，Minh 只好一路把車牽到山頂。
The lock had jammed in the cold, so Ravindra could not open the back door of the cabin.
鎖頭在低溫下卡住了，Ravindra 沒辦法打開小屋的後門。
During the demonstration, the assembly line jammed twice and the foreman shouted for the engineer.
示範過程中，生產線卡了兩次，領班大聲叫工程師過來。
- released
the opposite event: the part broke free
文法句型
[machine/part] + jammed
用法筆記
Subject is typically a mechanical thing (lock, gear, drawer, gun, printer) rather than a person; the cause of the blockage is often left implicit.
常見錯誤
2. Past form of 'jam'; if someone jammed something somewhere, they pushed it into a
硬塞；猛塞
用力把東西塞進狹窄的空間
Past form of 'jam'; if someone jammed something somewhere, they pushed it into a narrow or already crowded space, often with force.
Élise jammed three textbooks into a backpack that was already half full.
Élise 把三本教科書硬塞進已經半滿的後背包裡。
transitive: jammed + object + into + tight space
Aylin jammed her hand into the back pocket of her jeans to find the missing key.
Aylin 把手猛塞進牛仔褲後口袋，找那把不見的鑰匙。
The boys jammed a folded napkin under the table leg to stop the wobble.
幾個男孩把折好的餐巾紙塞到桌腳下，讓桌子不再搖晃。
Reuben jammed his shoulder against the heavy oak door to keep it from swinging open.
Reuben 用肩膀頂著厚重的橡木門，免得門被風吹開。
Christopher quickly jammed the receipts into a drawer when the customer walked in.
客人一走進來，Christopher 就趕緊把收據塞進抽屜裡。
文法句型
jammed + something + into + place
jammed + something + against + surface
用法筆記
Often emphasises hasty, untidy force; very different from sense 1 (which is intransitive and about a thing seizing up on its own).
常見錯誤
3. Past form of 'jam'; if people or vehicles jammed a road, doorway, or other space
擠滿；堵塞
人或車多到把空間擠到難以通行
Past form of 'jam'; if people or vehicles jammed a road, doorway, or other space, they filled it so completely that movement through it became very slow or impossible.
By six o'clock, commuter traffic had jammed every street leading out of Taipei.
到了六點，下班車潮已經把台北所有對外的街道擠得水洩不通。
active: subject crowds + jammed + route
Protest crowds jammed the lobby of city hall for most of Tuesday afternoon.
抗議群眾整個星期二下午擠滿了市政廳大廳。
After the rumour of cheap concert tickets, hundreds of fans jammed the box office.
演唱會便宜票的傳聞一出，幾百名歌迷把售票口擠得水洩不通。
The narrow side road was jammed with delivery vans before the morning rush hour.
早晨上班尖峰前，那條狹窄的小巷就被送貨車堵得動彈不得。
Soraya watched as anxious passengers jammed the corridor toward the airline counter.
Soraya 看著焦急的旅客把通往航空公司櫃台的走道擠成一片。
文法句型
[place/route] + be jammed
jammed + the road / the streets / the lobby
用法筆記
Often appears in the passive (`the road was jammed with cars`). Distinguish from sense 2 (which moves one thing into a tight spot) — here a crowd blocks a whole space.
常見錯誤
4. Past form of 'jam'; if someone jammed a finger, toe, knee, or other body part, t
夾傷；扭傷
身體某部位被擠壓或撞到而短暫受傷
Past form of 'jam'; if someone jammed a finger, toe, knee, or other body part, the part was pushed or struck hard against something so that it was painfully squeezed or twisted.
Haruto jammed his finger in the car door and yelped loudly in the parking lot.
Haruto 的手指被車門夾到，在停車場痛得大叫了一聲。
jammed + body part + in + closing object
Adina jammed her thumb during volleyball practice and had to ice it for the rest of the evening.
Adina 在排球練習時拇指扭傷，整晚都得冰敷。
Romi tripped on a step at the museum and jammed her knee against the iron railing.
Romi 在博物館的階梯上絆倒，膝蓋直接撞到鐵欄杆。
Paul jammed his big toe on the bedpost when he got up in the dark.
Paul 半夜摸黑起床，腳大拇趾撞到床柱。
After Kemi jammed her wrist catching the rebound, the coach pulled her out of the game.
Kemi 在搶籃板時手腕扭到，教練馬上把她換下場。
文法句型
jammed + body part (+ in/against + surface)
用法筆記
The injury is short-term and caused by a single squeeze or impact; for longer-term damage, use 'sprain' or 'fracture'. Object must be a body part of the agent.
常見錯誤
5. Past form of 'jam'; to have sent out interfering waves on the same frequency as
干擾；蓋台
用相同頻率的訊號蓋掉原本的廣播或雷達
Past form of 'jam'; to have sent out interfering waves on the same frequency as a radio signal, broadcast, or radar so that the original signal could not be heard or read.
Government engineers tried to jam the rebel broadcast before it reached the southern provinces.
政府的工程師試圖在反抗軍的廣播傳到南部之前就把訊號干擾掉。
jam + a broadcast
Ezra explained that enemy aircraft were attempting to jam the warship's navigation radar.
Ezra 解釋說，敵方戰機正在嘗試干擾軍艦的導航雷達。
jam + a radar system
The protest group used a cheap device to jam mobile phone signals inside the museum gallery.
抗議團體用一台便宜的器材，把博物館展廳裡的手機訊號全都蓋掉。
Sayaka warned the team that someone in the next building was actively jamming their walkie-talkies.
Sayaka 提醒隊員，隔壁大樓有人正在主動干擾他們的對講機。
- block
general; doesn't imply interfering waves
- interfere with
broader; jamming is one type of interference
文法句型
jammed + a signal / a transmission / a broadcast / a radar
用法筆記
Used in military, telecoms, and broadcasting contexts. Object is the signal or the device receiving the signal, not the listener.
常見錯誤
6. Past form of 'jam'; in American sports, to have dunked a basketball forcefully,
灌籃；卡位
美式運動術語，灌籃、卡接球員或近身投球
Past form of 'jam'; in American sports, to have dunked a basketball forcefully, hit a pass receiver hard right after the snap, or thrown a baseball pitch tight on a batter's inside edge.
Lakan jammed the ball through the rim with both hands as the crowd in Manila roared.
Lakan 雙手把球用力灌進籃框，馬尼拉的觀眾頓時一片歡呼。
basketball: jammed + the ball (dunk)
The cornerback jammed the receiver hard at the line, breaking up the planned route.
防守後衛在開球線就用力卡住接球員，把對方規劃好的路線打亂。
American football: jammed + the receiver
Amani's first pitch jammed the batter, and the bat shattered against the inside fastball.
Amani 的第一球往打者內側投，球棒一接觸到那顆內角速球就應聲斷裂。
The defender jammed the wide receiver again on third down to disrupt the timing.
為了打亂節奏，防守球員在第三檔又一次卡住外接員。
文法句型
jammed + a receiver / a batter
jammed + the ball
用法筆記
Three related but distinct sports uses (basketball dunk, football pass-disruption, baseball inside pitch). The reading depends on the named sport in context.
7. Past form of 'jam'; if musicians jammed, they played music together in a relaxed
即興合奏
音樂人輕鬆地一起即興演奏
Past form of 'jam'; if musicians jammed, they played music together in a relaxed, unplanned way, taking turns inventing lines and following each other.
Xiu and her bandmates jammed in the garage every Saturday night for the whole summer.
Xiu 和樂團成員整個夏天每個禮拜六晚上都在車庫即興合奏。
intransitive: jammed (no object)
After the show, Imani jammed with two local guitarists at a small bar near the river.
演出結束後，Imani 在河邊一家小酒吧和兩位當地吉他手一起即興合奏。
jammed + with + person
The four jazz students often jammed until midnight in the practice room above the cafeteria.
四個爵士樂系學生常常在餐廳樓上的練習室即興合奏到半夜。
Tamar brought her saxophone and jammed on a slow blues number with the house band.
Tamar 帶著薩克斯風，和駐場樂團一起即興演奏了一首慢藍調。
- improvised
more formal; doesn't imply a group
- played around
very informal; broader
文法句型
jammed (+ with + person / on + instrument)
用法筆記
Strictly informal; mostly used about jazz, rock, blues, and other improvisation-friendly genres. No object — the music or other players appear in a 'with' phrase.
常見錯誤
jammed — 形容詞
1. A jammed door, lock, drawer, or machine is one that has stopped moving because s
卡住的
因有東西卡到而動不了的
A jammed door, lock, drawer, or machine is one that has stopped moving because something is wedged in or against it.
Beatriz wrestled with a jammed drawer for ten minutes before the runner finally gave way.
Beatriz 跟卡住的抽屜奮戰了十分鐘，滑軌才終於鬆開。
attributive: jammed + noun (machine/part)
The window in the attic had stayed jammed shut since the previous winter storm.
閣樓那扇窗自從上個冬天的暴風雨後就一直卡死。
predicative: be jammed shut
Élise pointed at the jammed photocopier and told the new intern to call maintenance.
Élise 指著那台卡紙的影印機，叫新來的實習生打電話請維修人員。
After the crash, the driver's door was so badly jammed that firefighters had to cut it open.
車禍之後，駕駛座車門卡得太嚴重，消防員只好把它切開。
文法句型
be jammed (+ shut / open / in place)
用法筆記
Modifies physical mechanical things (doors, drawers, locks, machines, guns). Distinct from sense 2, which describes a space holding too many people or things.
常見錯誤
2. A jammed place is one that is full of so many people or things that there is har
擠爆的
空間擠滿了人或東西而幾乎動彈不得
A jammed place is one that is full of so many people or things that there is hardly any room to move.
The night market was so jammed with weekend visitors that Aylin lost sight of her brother twice.
夜市被週末遊客擠得水洩不通，Aylin 兩度跟弟弟走散。
predicative: be jammed with + crowd
Reuben pushed through a jammed corridor to reach the platform before the train left.
Reuben 在擠爆的走道裡奮力穿過，才趕在火車離站前抵達月台。
attributive: jammed + place
The little café near the cathedral was jammed every Sunday after the morning service.
大教堂旁那家小咖啡店每個禮拜天早禱結束後都擠得滿滿的。
By halftime the stadium parking lot was completely jammed and latecomers had to walk from the highway.
半場一結束，球場停車場就被擠得完全動不了，遲到的人只好從高速公路一路走過來。
文法句型
be jammed (+ with + people/things)
jammed + place noun
用法筆記
Subject is a place or route (street, lobby, stadium, café), not a person. Often pairs with 'with + crowd noun'.