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单词 snarl-up
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snarl-upn.

Etymology: < verbal phrase to snarl up: see snarl v.1 2c, 3Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsnarl-up.
colloquial.
A muddle, state of confusion; a mistake; a traffic jam; a blockage. Also attributive.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a state of confused disorder
feery-fary1535
puddle1587
bauchle1600
vertigo1702
whemmel1817
mull1821
mix-up1841
scrimmage1852
embroilment1856
hash-up1860
brangle1865
mucker1867
unplight1876
car wreck1877
mix1882
mess-up1902
stirabout1905
pot mess1914
boorach1928
balls-up1929
muck-up1930
balls1938
box1941
Chinese fire drill1943
snafu1943
foul-up1944
screw-up1950
snarl-up1960
tiswas1960
bumble-bath1965
clusterfuck1969
headfuck1983
car crash1992
katogo1994
dumpster fire2008
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic jam
stop1625
stoppage1727
lock1834
block1861
pinch point1868
tie-up1889
traffic jam1891
traffic snarl1899
traffic snarl1933
traffic snarl-up1947
thrombosis1959
snarl-up1960
back-up1962
tailback1975
gridlock1980
the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > difficulty or complexity > instance of > and confused
snarl1631
tangle1757
twaddle1785
an ill-favoured pirn1828
muddle1857
fankle1890
tie-up1906
snarl-up1960
1960 M. Phillips in Analog Sci. Fact & Fiction Nov. 24/1 Both courses..resulted in more snarl-ups. Reports that should have been sent in weeks before arrived too late; reports meant for the eyes of only one man were turned out in triplicate.
1962 J. Braine Life at Top xi. 152 There was going to be a huge snarl-up very soon.
1963 Daily Tel. 3 June 1/1 On what the AA described as ‘snarl-up Sunday’ there were queues of up to 19 miles on several major arteries.
1966 Musical Opinion Aug. 691/1 The main cause of the brouhaha about electronic instruments is a snarl-up in terminology.
1969 Daily Tel. 10 Jan. 1/2 Sixty-three people were injured and more than 100 vehicles smashed up as freezing fog gripped the M1 and M10 yesterday... The AA described it as ‘the worst snarl-up since the M1 opened’.
1974 Financial Times 15 Mar. 23/7 Small organisation snarl-ups, such as failing to get out the Speakers' Handbook in time.
1977 ‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon xi. 220 A helicopter..dipped to examine the snarl-up in the lane below.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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