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jam jam ★★☆☆☆/ʤæ̱m/1[N-MASS	物质名词]果酱 Jam is a thick sweet food that is made by cooking fruit with a large amount of sugar, and that is usually spread on bread.   [mainly BRIT 主英]...home-made jam.自制果酱in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用jelly2[VERB	动词]硬推；硬塞；使劲放 If you jam something somewhere, you push or put it there roughly.   [V n prep]He picked his cap up off the ground and jammed it on his head...他从地上捡起帽子，猛地扣到头上。Pete jammed his hands into his pockets.皮特使劲把手插进口袋里。3[V-ERG	及物/不及物动词]（机器）卡住；使卡住；（使）不能运转 If something such as a part of a machine jams, or if something jams it, the part becomes fixed in position and is unable to move freely or work properly.   [V]  [V n]  [V adj]  [be V-ed adj]  [V-ed]  [Also V n adj]The second time he fired his gun jammed...他开第二枪时枪卡壳了。A rope jammed the boat's propeller...一根绳子卡住了船的螺旋桨。Cracks appeared in the wall and a door jammed shut...墙上出现了裂缝，一扇门卡住打不开了。The intake valve was jammed open...进气阀卡住了，关不上。Every few minutes the motor cut out as the machinery became jammed.机器老是卡住，马达隔不了几分钟就突然熄火。4[VERB	动词]（车辆）堵住，堵塞（道路） If vehicles jam a road, there are so many of them that they cannot move.   [V n]Hundreds of departing motorists jammed the roads.数百名打算驾车离开的司机堵住了道路。Jam is also a noun. Trucks sat in a jam for ten hours waiting to cross the bridge.等待过桥的卡车堵了10个小时。jammedNearby roads and the dirt track to the beach were jammed with cars.附近通往海滩的公路和土路全都堵满了汽车。5[VERB	动词]（人）塞进，挤进 If a lot of people jam a place, or jam into a place, they are pressed tightly together so that they can hardly move.   [V n]  [V into n]Hundreds of people jammed the boardwalk to watch...数百人挤在木板人行道上观看。They jammed into buses provided by the Red Cross and headed for safety.他们挤上红十字会派来的巴士前往安全的地方。jammedThe stadium was jammed and they had to turn away hundreds of disappointed fans.体育场里观众爆满，他们不得不将几百名失望的球迷拒之门外。6[VERB	动词]干扰（无线电或电子信号） To jam a radio or electronic signal means to interfere with it and prevent it from being received or heard clearly.   [V n]They will try to jam the transmissions electronically.他们会试图用电子信号对发射进行干扰。JammingThe plane is used for electronic jamming and radar detection.这架飞机用于进行电子干扰和雷达探测。7[VERB	动词]使（电话总机）应接不暇；使（电话线）过于繁忙 If callers are jamming telephone lines, there are so many callers that the people answering the telephones find it difficult to deal with them all.   [V n]  [V-ed]Hundreds of callers jammed the BBC switchboard for more than an hour...在一个多小时内，成百上千的来电使得英国广播公司的总机应接不暇。The telephone exchange has been jammed all day with people wanting to buy season tickets.很多人想买季票，电话总机一天到晚忙个不停。8[N-SING	单数名词]陷入困境 If someone is in a jam, they are in a very difficult situation.   [in N]  [INFORMAL 非正式]They were in a real jam, Bob thought glumly.他们确实遇上麻烦了，鲍勃闷闷不乐地想。9[VERB	动词]（爵士乐手或摇滚乐手）即兴演奏 When jazz or rock musicians are jamming, they are informally playing music that has not been written down or planned in advance.   [V]  [INFORMAL 非正式]He was jamming with his saxophone.他在即兴吹奏萨克斯管。Jam is also a noun. ...a free-form jazz jam.随性的爵士乐即兴演出...a jam session.即兴演奏环节10See also:traffic jam；   jam1 nounjam2 verbjamjam1 /dʒæm/ ●●● S3 noun  Entry menu Examples word sets Collocations Phrases 1jam (1)food [countable, uncountable] a thick sweet substance made from boiled fruit and sugar, eaten especially on bread → jelly:  strawberry jam a jam sandwich jam jars2cars/people [countable] a situation in which it is difficult or impossible to move because there are so many cars or people:  Sorry we’re late. We got stuck in a traffic jam.3machine [countable] a situation in which a machine does not work because something is stopping a part from moving:  It caused a jam in the printer.4difficult situation [countable usually singular] informal a difficult situation(be/get) in/out of/into a jam We became friends after he helped me out of a jam.5music [countable] a)a jam session b)a song or piece of music, especially one by a rap or rock group6kick out the jams American English informal to play rock music loudly and with a lot of energy or emotion:  Make no mistake – these guys know how to kick out the jams.7jam tomorrow British English informal good things someone promises you, which never happen:  There is an element of ‘jam tomorrow’ about some of the government’s policies.jam1 nounjam2 verbjamjam2 ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle jammed, present participle jamming)  Entry menu Word Origin Verb Table Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases 1push hard [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to push something somewhere using a lot of force, until it can move no further:  He jammed his foot on the accelerator and the car sped off. A chair had been jammed up against the door.2machine [intransitive, transitive] (also jam up) if a moving part of something jams, or if you jam it, it no longer works properly because something is preventing it from moving:  The front roller has jammed on the photocopier.3block [intransitive, transitive] (also jam up) if a lot of people or vehicles jam a place, they fill it so that it is difficult to move  SYN  cram:  Crowds jammed the entrance to the stadium.jam into They all jammed into the car. →jammed(2)4music [intransitive] (also jam out) to play music in an informal way with other people →jam session5jam on the brakes to slow down a car suddenly by putting your foot down hard on the brake6jam somebody’s/the switchboard if telephone calls jam the switchboard of an organization, so many people are phoning the organization that it cannot deal with them all:  Viewers jammed the switchboard with complaints.7radio [transitive] to deliberately prevent broadcasts or other electronic signals from being received, by broadcasting signals on the same wavelength8somebody is jamming American English spoken used to say that someone is doing something very quickly or welljam out phrasal verb to dance to music

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         NAmE                dʒæm                /                              noun                ,                  verb                            jam      jams      jammed      jamming                            noun        ★                    sweet food        甜食                    1        ★                  [uncountable                ,         countable          ]                          a thick sweet substance made by boiling fruit with sugar, often sold in            jarsand spread on bread            果酱                                    ◆          strawberry jam          草莓酱                          ◆          recipes for jams and preserves          果酱和蜜饯的制作方法                          ◆          (            BrE)                    a jam doughnut          果酱炸面圈                          ☞compare                                                    jelly                                                     (3              )                                ,                                                    marmalade                                                                many people/vehicles        多人╱车辆                    2                  [countable          ]                          a situation in which it is difficult or impossible to move because there are so many people or vehicles in one particular place            拥挤；堵塞                                    ◆          The bus was delayed in a five-mile jam.          公共汽车因长达五英里的交通堵塞而延误。                          ◆          As fans rushed to leave, jams formed at all the exits.          因球迷都急于离开，所有出口都给阻塞了。                          ☞see also                                                    traffic jam                                                                machine        机器                    3                  [countable          ]                          a situation in which a machine does not work because sth is stuck in one position            卡住（因而发生故障）                                    ◆          There's a paper jam in the photocopier.          复印机卡纸了。                            IDIOMS              be in a ˈjam                              (              informal)                        to be in a difficult situation              陷入困境                                                  jam toˈmorrow                              (              BrE) (              informal)                        good things that are promised for the future but never happen              可望而不可即的美好未来；许而不予的好东西                                            ◆            They refused to settle for a promise of jam tomorrow.            他们并不满足于那些美好未来的空话。                                      ☞more at                                    money                                                    verb                    (              -mm-            )              push with force        用力推                    1                  [transitive          ]                          jamsth + adv./prep.                          to push sth somewhere with a lot of force            使劲（往某处）挤（或压、塞）                                    ◆          He jammed his fingers in his ears.          他用手指使劲堵住耳朵。                          ◆          A stool had been jammed against the door.          门被一把凳子顶住了。                            stop moving/working        停止移动╱运转                    2                  [intransitive                ,         transitive          ]                          to become unable to move or work; to make sth do this            （使）卡住，不能动弹，不能运转                                    jam(up)                          ◆          The photocopier keeps jamming up.          这台复印机总是卡纸。                          jamsth (up)                          ◆          There's a loose part that keeps jamming the mechanism.          有个零件松了经常卡住机器。                + adj.                  ◆          The valve has jammed shut.          阀门给卡住了打不开。                          jamsth + adj.                          ◆          He jammed the door open with a piece of wood.          他用一块木头卡住门让它开着。                            put into small space        塞进                    3                  [transitive                ,         intransitive          ]                          to put sb/sth into a small space where there is very little room to move            塞入；塞进；挤进                                    SYN                                                    squash                                              ,                                                    squeeze                                                              jamsb/sth + adv./prep.                          ◆          Six of us were jammed into one small car.          我们六个人被塞进一辆小汽车里。                          ◆          We were jammed together like sardines in a can.          我们像罐头里的沙丁鱼一般紧紧挤在一起。                          ◆          The cupboards were            jammed fullof old newspapers.                    橱柜里塞满了旧报纸。                + adv./prep.                  ◆          Nearly 1 000 students jammed into the hall.          近 1 000 名学生挤到礼堂里。                          ☞see also                                                    jam-packed                                                                fill with people/things        挤满人╱物                    4                  [transitive          ]                          jamsth (up) (with sb/sth)                          to fill sth with a large number of people or things so that it is unable to function as it should            挤满；塞紧                                    SYN                                                    block                                                              ◆          Viewers jammed the switchboard with complaints.          打电话投诉的观众使总机应接不暇。                            radio broadcast        无线电广播                    5                  [transitive          ]                          jamsth                          (            technical              术语            )                    to send out radio signals to prevent another radio broadcast from being heard            （发射无线电波）干扰                                      play music        演奏音乐                    6                  [intransitive                ,         transitive          ]                          jam(sth)                          to play music with other musicians in an informal way without preparing or practising first            即兴演奏                                      IDIOM              jam on the brake(s) | jam the brake(s) on                              to operate the              brakeson a vehicle suddenly and with force              猛踩刹车                                            ◆            The car skidded as he jammed on the brakes.            他紧急刹车时汽车向前滑了一段路。                                          jam              /        dʒæm                ; 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Collins	jam ★★☆☆☆ /ʤæ̱m/ 1 [N-MASS 物质名词]果酱 Jam is a thick sweet food that is made by cooking fruit with a large amount of sugar, and that is usually spread on bread. [mainly BRIT 主英] ...home-made jam. 自制果酱 in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用jelly 2 [VERB 动词]硬推；硬塞；使劲放 If you jam something somewhere, you push or put it there roughly. [V n prep] He picked his cap up off the ground and jammed it on his head... 他从地上捡起帽子，猛地扣到头上。 Pete jammed his hands into his pockets. 皮特使劲把手插进口袋里。 3 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（机器）卡住；使卡住；（使）不能运转 If something such as a part of a machine jams, or if something jams it, the part becomes fixed in position and is unable to move freely or work properly. [V] [V n] [V adj] [be V-ed adj] [V-ed] [Also V n adj] The second time he fired his gun jammed... 他开第二枪时枪卡壳了。 A rope jammed the boat's propeller... 一根绳子卡住了船的螺旋桨。 Cracks appeared in the wall and a door jammed shut... 墙上出现了裂缝，一扇门卡住打不开了。 The intake valve was jammed open... 进气阀卡住了，关不上。 Every few minutes the motor cut out as the machinery became jammed. 机器老是卡住，马达隔不了几分钟就突然熄火。 4 [VERB 动词]（车辆）堵住，堵塞（道路） If vehicles jam a road, there are so many of them that they cannot move. [V n] Hundreds of departing motorists jammed the roads. 数百名打算驾车离开的司机堵住了道路。 Jam is also a noun. Trucks sat in a jam for ten hours waiting to cross the bridge. 等待过桥的卡车堵了10个小时。 jammed Nearby roads and the dirt track to the beach were jammed with cars. 附近通往海滩的公路和土路全都堵满了汽车。 5 [VERB 动词]（人）塞进，挤进 If a lot of people jam a place, or jam into a place, they are pressed tightly together so that they can hardly move. [V n] [V into n] Hundreds of people jammed the boardwalk to watch... 数百人挤在木板人行道上观看。 They jammed into buses provided by the Red Cross and headed for safety. 他们挤上红十字会派来的巴士前往安全的地方。 jammed The stadium was jammed and they had to turn away hundreds of disappointed fans. 体育场里观众爆满，他们不得不将几百名失望的球迷拒之门外。 6 [VERB 动词]干扰（无线电或电子信号） To jam a radio or electronic signal means to interfere with it and prevent it from being received or heard clearly. [V n] They will try to jam the transmissions electronically. 他们会试图用电子信号对发射进行干扰。 Jamming The plane is used for electronic jamming and radar detection. 这架飞机用于进行电子干扰和雷达探测。 7 [VERB 动词]使（电话总机）应接不暇；使（电话线）过于繁忙 If callers are jamming telephone lines, there are so many callers that the people answering the telephones find it difficult to deal with them all. [V n] [V-ed] Hundreds of callers jammed the BBC switchboard for more than an hour... 在一个多小时内，成百上千的来电使得英国广播公司的总机应接不暇。 The telephone exchange has been jammed all day with people wanting to buy season tickets. 很多人想买季票，电话总机一天到晚忙个不停。 8 [N-SING 单数名词]陷入困境 If someone is in a jam, they are in a very difficult situation. [in N] [INFORMAL 非正式] They were in a real jam, Bob thought glumly. 他们确实遇上麻烦了，鲍勃闷闷不乐地想。 9 [VERB 动词]（爵士乐手或摇滚乐手）即兴演奏 When jazz or rock musicians are jamming, they are informally playing music that has not been written down or planned in advance. [V] [INFORMAL 非正式] He was jamming with his saxophone. 他在即兴吹奏萨克斯管。 Jam is also a noun. ...a free-form jazz jam. 随性的爵士乐即兴演出 ...a jam session. 即兴演奏环节 10 See also:traffic jam ；
Oxford	jam ★ / dʒæm ; NAmE dʒæm / noun , verb jam jams jammed jamming noun ★ sweet food 甜食 1 ★ [uncountable , countable ] a thick sweet substance made by boiling fruit with sugar, often sold in jarsand spread on bread 果酱 ◆ strawberry jam 草莓酱 ◆ recipes for jams and preserves 果酱和蜜饯的制作方法 ◆ ( BrE) a jam doughnut 果酱炸面圈 ☞compare jelly (3 ) , marmalade many people/vehicles 多人╱车辆 2 [countable ] a situation in which it is difficult or impossible to move because there are so many people or vehicles in one particular place 拥挤；堵塞 ◆ The bus was delayed in a five-mile jam. 公共汽车因长达五英里的交通堵塞而延误。 ◆ As fans rushed to leave, jams formed at all the exits. 因球迷都急于离开，所有出口都给阻塞了。 ☞see also traffic jam machine 机器 3 [countable ] a situation in which a machine does not work because sth is stuck in one position 卡住（因而发生故障） ◆ There's a paper jam in the photocopier. 复印机卡纸了。 IDIOMS be in a ˈjam ( informal) to be in a difficult situation 陷入困境 jam toˈmorrow ( BrE) ( informal) good things that are promised for the future but never happen 可望而不可即的美好未来；许而不予的好东西 ◆ They refused to settle for a promise of jam tomorrow. 他们并不满足于那些美好未来的空话。 ☞more at money verb ( -mm- ) push with force 用力推 1 [transitive ] jamsth + adv./prep. to push sth somewhere with a lot of force 使劲（往某处）挤（或压、塞） ◆ He jammed his fingers in his ears. 他用手指使劲堵住耳朵。 ◆ A stool had been jammed against the door. 门被一把凳子顶住了。 stop moving/working 停止移动╱运转 2 [intransitive , transitive ] to become unable to move or work; to make sth do this （使）卡住，不能动弹，不能运转 jam(up) ◆ The photocopier keeps jamming up. 这台复印机总是卡纸。 jamsth (up) ◆ There's a loose part that keeps jamming the mechanism. 有个零件松了经常卡住机器。 + adj. ◆ The valve has jammed shut. 阀门给卡住了打不开。 jamsth + adj. ◆ He jammed the door open with a piece of wood. 他用一块木头卡住门让它开着。 put into small space 塞进 3 [transitive , intransitive ] to put sb/sth into a small space where there is very little room to move 塞入；塞进；挤进 SYN squash , squeeze jamsb/sth + adv./prep. ◆ Six of us were jammed into one small car. 我们六个人被塞进一辆小汽车里。 ◆ We were jammed together like sardines in a can. 我们像罐头里的沙丁鱼一般紧紧挤在一起。 ◆ The cupboards were jammed fullof old newspapers. 橱柜里塞满了旧报纸。 + adv./prep. ◆ Nearly 1 000 students jammed into the hall. 近 1 000 名学生挤到礼堂里。 ☞see also jam-packed fill with people/things 挤满人╱物 4 [transitive ] jamsth (up) (with sb/sth) to fill sth with a large number of people or things so that it is unable to function as it should 挤满；塞紧 SYN block ◆ Viewers jammed the switchboard with complaints. 打电话投诉的观众使总机应接不暇。 radio broadcast 无线电广播 5 [transitive ] jamsth ( technical 术语 ) to send out radio signals to prevent another radio broadcast from being heard （发射无线电波）干扰 play music 演奏音乐 6 [intransitive , transitive ] jam(sth) to play music with other musicians in an informal way without preparing or practising first 即兴演奏 IDIOM jam on the brake(s) \| jam the brake(s) on to operate the brakeson a vehicle suddenly and with force 猛踩刹车 ◆ The car skidded as he jammed on the brakes. 他紧急刹车时汽车向前滑了一段路。 jam / dʒæm ; NAmE dʒæm /
LDC	jam1 noun jam2 verb jamjam1 /dʒæm/ ●●● S3 noun Entry menu Examples word sets Collocations Phrases 1jam (1)food [countable, uncountable] a thick sweet substance made from boiled fruit and sugar, eaten especially on bread → jelly: strawberry jam a jam sandwich jam jars2cars/people [countable] a situation in which it is difficult or impossible to move because there are so many cars or people: Sorry we’re late. We got stuck in a traffic jam.3machine [countable] a situation in which a machine does not work because something is stopping a part from moving: It caused a jam in the printer.4difficult situation [countable usually singular] informal a difficult situation(be/get) in/out of/into a jam We became friends after he helped me out of a jam.5music [countable] a)a jam session b)a song or piece of music, especially one by a rap or rock group6kick out the jams American English informal to play rock music loudly and with a lot of energy or emotion: Make no mistake – these guys know how to kick out the jams.7jam tomorrow British English informal good things someone promises you, which never happen: There is an element of ‘jam tomorrow’ about some of the government’s policies. jam1 noun jam2 verb jamjam2 ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle jammed, present participle jamming) Entry menu Word Origin Verb Table Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases 1push hard [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to push something somewhere using a lot of force, until it can move no further: He jammed his foot on the accelerator and the car sped off. A chair had been jammed up against the door.2machine [intransitive, transitive] (also jam up) if a moving part of something jams, or if you jam it, it no longer works properly because something is preventing it from moving: The front roller has jammed on the photocopier.3block [intransitive, transitive] (also jam up) if a lot of people or vehicles jam a place, they fill it so that it is difficult to move SYN cram: Crowds jammed the entrance to the stadium.jam into They all jammed into the car. → jammed(2) 4music [intransitive] (also jam out) to play music in an informal way with other people → jam session 5jam on the brakes to slow down a car suddenly by putting your foot down hard on the brake6jam somebody’s/the switchboard if telephone calls jam the switchboard of an organization, so many people are phoning the organization that it cannot deal with them all: Viewers jammed the switchboard with complaints.7radio [transitive] to deliberately prevent broadcasts or other electronic signals from being received, by broadcasting signals on the same wavelength8somebody is jamming American English spoken used to say that someone is doing something very quickly or welljam out phrasal verb to dance to music
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