tailback

noun

/ˈteɪlbæk/

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[countable] (British English) a long line of traffic that is moving slowly or not moving at all, because something is blocking the road
- It took a couple of hours for the two-mile tailback to clear.
- There are five-mile tailbacks on the M25 this morning.
- There are reports of severe tailbacks in both directions.
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- cone
- contraflow
- pedestrian
- roadworks
- speed hump
- tailback
- toll
- traffic
- zebra crossing
Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
(also half back, half, North American English halfback)
[countable, uncountable] one of the two attacking players in american football whose position is behind the quarterback and next to the full backs; the position a tailback plays at

单词	tailback
释义	tailback noun /ˈteɪlbæk/ /ˈteɪlbæk/ jump to other results [countable] (British English) a long line of traffic that is moving slowly or not moving at all, because something is blocking the road It took a couple of hours for the two-mile tailback to clear. There are five-mile tailbacks on the M25 this morning. There are reports of severe tailbacks in both directions. Wordfinder clamp cone contraflow pedestrian roadworks speed hump tailback toll traffic zebra crossing Topics Transport by car or lorryc2 (also half back, half, North American English halfback) [countable, uncountable] one of the two attacking players in american football whose position is behind the quarterback and next to the full backs; the position a tailback plays at
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