Clog



GRE 蓝宝 TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.障碍, v. 阻塞
• ［类］ clog : drainage / stalemate : negotiations ( 阻塞排水 / 使谈判僵局)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English clogge short thick piece of wood
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. a weight attached especially to an animal to hinder motion
  • b. something that shackles or impedes ; encumbrance 1
• 2. a shoe, sandal, or overshoe having a thick typically wooden sole

II. verb (clogged; clogging)

• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to impede with a clog ; hinder
    • b. to halt or retard the progress, operation, or growth of ; encumber <restraints that have been clogging the market — T. W. Arnold
  • 2.
    • a. to fill beyond capacity ; overload <cars clogged the main street — often used with up<petty cases clogging up the courts
    • b. to cause blockage in — often used with uprteries clogged up by cholesterol
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to become filled with extraneous matter — often used with up
  • 2. to unite in a mass ; clot
  • 3. to dance a clog dance
• Synonyms: see hamper
• ? clogger noun

记忆

log 原木的意思，一堆木头堆在那里，就堵了

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