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Bottleneck Traffic Narrow Stuck N Count 可数名词 Road 英

英语单词 bottleneck
英美音标 英 ['bɒtlnek] 美 ['bɑːtlnek]
中文释义 n.瓶颈
v.阻塞;妨碍
adj.狭窄的
英语例句 (1) TV talk show has entered a bottleneck period, gradually chug.
中文例句 (1) 目前电视谈话节目已经进入了一个瓶颈期,问题逐渐彰显。
vocabulary简明 A bottleneck is a type of traffic jam, when cars get stuck or slowed down in a narrow part of the roadway. You might leave work two hours later than usual to avoid a bottleneck.
vocabulary扩展 Anything that gets stalled in a narrow area, whether it's auto traffic or pedestrians, can be called a bottleneck. Information can also get stuck in a kind of bottleneck, if the system itself creates a delay. The term comes from the shape of an actual bottleneck, or the narrow neck or mouth of a bottle.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]瓶颈路段;狭窄路段;交通拥堵地段 A bottleneck is a place where a road becomes narrow or where it meets another road so that the traffic slows down or stops, often causing traffic jams.
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    [N-COUNT 可数名词](阻碍进展的)瓶颈,障碍 A bottleneck is a situation that stops a process or activity from progressing.
    • He pushed everyone full speed ahead until production hit a bottleneck.

      他催促所有人拼命干活,直到生产遭遇瓶颈。

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