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单词 bottleneck
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
bot•tle•neck /ˈbɑtəlˌnɛk/USA pronunciation   n. 
    [countable]
  1. a narrow passageway, such as on a highway where lanes merge, causing traffic to slow or stop:the bottleneck on the bridge where tolls are collected.
  2. a place or stage at which progress is slowed:hit a bottleneck in the production of that new drug.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
bot•tle•neck  (bot′l nek′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a narrow entrance or passageway.
  2. a place or stage in a process at which progress is impeded.
  3. Music, Music and DanceAlso called slide guitar. a method of guitar playing that produces a gliding sound by pressing a metal bar or glass tube against the strings.

v.t. 
  1. to hamper or confine by or as if by a bottleneck.

v.i. 
  1. to become hindered by or as if by a bottleneck.
  • bottle1 + neck 1895–1900

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
bottleneck /ˈbɒtəlˌnɛk/ n
  1. a narrow stretch of road or a junction at which traffic is or may be held up
  2. the hold up
  3. something that holds up progress, esp of a manufacturing process
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