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单词 gridlocked
释义

gridlocked

adjective

grid·​locked ˈgrid-ˌläkt How to pronounce gridlocked (audio)
: affected by gridlock : brought to a state in which movement or progress is stopped completely
gridlocked streets
a gridlocked legislature
The Phoenix of 1996 has terrible air, gridlocked traffic, and spreads out in so many directions that it seems to lack any sense of order. Timothy Egan
… the notion of an incompetent, gridlocked government is still embedded in the national consciousness. Andrew Sullivan

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

gridlocked

verb

past tense of gridlock
as in congested

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • congested
  • filled
  • packed
  • bunged
  • silted
  • clogged
  • corked
  • occluded
  • stoppered
  • flooded
  • clotted
  • obstructed
  • inundated
  • stoppled
  • blocked
  • swamped
  • glutted
  • jammed
  • spiled
  • furred
  • overwhelmed
  • dammed
  • choked
  • stuffed
  • stopped (up)
  • gummed (up)
  • plugged (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • opened (up)
  • cleared
  • freed
  • unclogged
  • unplugged
  • emptied
  • excavated
  • unblocked
  • hollowed (out)
  • scooped (out)
  • unstopped
  • lightened
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