clog
verb [transitive, often passive, intransitive]to block something or to become blocked (使)阻塞,堵塞 - clog something (up) (with something)
The narrow streets were clogged with traffic. 狭窄的街道上交通堵塞。 Tears clogged her throat. 她哽咽了。 The wheels got clogged up with mud. 车轮让烂泥糊住了。 - clog (up) (with something)
Within a few years the pipes began to clog up. 没有几年管子就开始堵塞了。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryClog is used with these nouns as the subject:- traffic
- artery
- drain
- highway
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘block of wood to impede an animal's movement’): of unknown origin.- clog something (up) (with something)