单词 | traffic-jammed |
释义 | > as lemmastraffic-jammed traffic-jammed adj. originally U.S. (of a road, city, etc.) full of stationary or slow-moving vehicles; characterized by traffic jams; (of a vehicle or its occupants) obstructed by traffic, caught in traffic; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [adjective] > traffic-jam traffic-choked1838 traffic-jammed1907 snarled1976 traffic1997 1907 Philadelphia Inquirer 15 Sept. 2 a/5 A non-engine stop run through the heart of London's traffic-jammed thoroughfares. 1964 Economist 1 Aug. 476/1 They sit traffic-jammed in the intractable streets. 1983 Listener 1 Sept. 16/1 I was still sitting in my traffic-jammed car five minutes later. 2019 N.Y. Times (Internat. Ed.) (Nexis) 16 Oct. The more lanes you add to a traffic-jammed highway, the more cars will inevitably arrive to fill them. < as lemmas |
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