traffic jam
traffic jam — 名詞
- traffic jamsingular
- traffic jamsplural
1. a road situation where so many vehicles crowd together that they can only crawl
塞車
路上車輛擠住而動不了
a road situation where so many vehicles crowd together that they can only crawl forward, or cannot move at all.
Takeshi missed the first song when his taxi hit a traffic jam outside the stadium.
Takeshi 的計程車在體育館外遇上塞車，所以他錯過了第一首歌。
hit a traffic jam
A broken bus caused a traffic jam near the bridge during the morning rush.
一輛故障的公車在橋附近造成塞車，正好碰上早晨尖峰時段。
cause a traffic jam
We reached court late because a traffic jam blocked the ring road.
因為環狀道路發生塞車，我們到法院時遲到了。
Police opened a side street to ease the traffic jam by the hospital.
警方開放了一條側街，好讓醫院旁的塞車稍微緩解。
Heavy rain caused a traffic jam on the main road outside the school.
大雨在學校外的主要道路上造成了塞車。
- free-flowing traffic
vehicles are moving normally without delay
- open road
a road with little traffic slowing drivers down
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.