clog up

英 [klɒɡ ʌp]

美 [klɑːɡ ʌp]

（使）阻塞; （使）堵塞

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB-ERG （使）阻塞;（使）堵塞
  When somethingclogs upa place, or when itclogs up, it becomes blocked so that little or nothing can pass through.
  1. 22,000 tourists were clogging up the pavements...
     2.2万名游客将人行道堵得水泄不通。
  2. The result is that the lungs clog up with a thick mucus.
     检验结果是肺部被厚厚的黏液堵住了。

英英释义

verb

• become or cause to become obstructed
  1. The leaves clog our drains in the Fall
  2. The water pipe is backed up
  Synonym:clogchoke offback upcongestchokefoul

双语例句

• Volcanic ash can clog up and damage jet engines while the tiny particles of glass in the ash can also melt and block the ventilation holes which can cause the engines to overheat and stop working.
  火山灰中的细小玻璃态物质，会融化然后堵塞住散热孔，导致引擎过热熄火。
• By contrast, sprawling cities that rely heavily on cars-Moscow, Istanbul, Beijing-are becoming dysfunctional as roads clog up.
  相比之下，严重依赖汽车的扩张中的城市莫斯科、伊斯坦布尔和北京正因道路拥堵而变得运转不良。
• These false complainants clog up the legal system.
  这些虚假抱怨者充斥着法律体系。
• Every winter the drains clog up with leaves.
  每年冬天，下水道都被树叶堵了。
• Migrant workers go door to door like rag men, buying up the cast-offs of Shanghai's conspicuous consumption, designer water bottles and flat screen television boxes which would otherwise clog up the city's landfills.
  民工们像废品回收商一样，逐门逐户地收购上海炫耀性消费的废弃物、高级矿泉水的瓶子和平板电视的包装箱&如果没有他们，这些废弃物将堆满上海的垃圾填埋场。
• The result is that the lungs clog up with a thick mucus.
  检验结果是肺部被厚厚的黏液堵住了。
• It was quickly caricatured as an invitation to cows and chickens to clog up the dockets.
  此事件被迅速地作出回应，并以漫画的形式讽刺为向牛与鸡发出的请贴塞满了记事本。
• Don't clog up your hand with all cards to play.
  不要想所有的牌作为要打的牌，这样会阻碍你的手牌。
• Within a few years the pipe began to clog up.
  没有几年，管子就开始堵塞了。
• An air filter system eliminates any dust that might clog up the movements.
  空气过滤系统可以消除空气中的尘埃，以免阻塞机芯的运作。