Clog

[klɒg] or [klɑg]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction.

(noun.) footwear usually with wooden soles.

(verb.) fill to excess so that function is impaired; 'Fear clogged her mind'; 'The story was clogged with too many details'.

(verb.) coalesce or unite in a mass; 'Blood clots'.

(verb.) impede with a clog or as if with a clog; 'The market is being clogged by these operations'; 'My mind is constipated today'.

(verb.) impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden; 'horses were clogged until they were tamed'.

(verb.) become or cause to become obstructed; 'The leaves clog our drains in the Fall'; 'The water pipe is backed up'.

(verb.) dance a clog dance.

編輯:尼特--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v.) That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.

(v.) A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion.

(v.) A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet, or to increase the apparent stature, and having, therefore, a very thick sole. Cf. Chopine.

(v. t.) To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.

(v. t.) To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.

(v. t.) To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.

(v. i.) To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter.

(v. i.) To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass.

手打:奈杰尔

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Trammel, shackle, fetter.[2]. Obstruct, impede, hinder, restrain, embarrass, cumber, encumber, CLAM.

n. [1]. Trammel, fetter, shackle, drag weight, dead weight.[2]. Impediment, encumbrance, hinderance, obstacle, obstruction, check, drawback.

錄入:莱斯特

解釋/意思:

n. a piece of wood: anything hindering motion: an obstruction: an impediment: a shoe with a wooden sole.—v.t. to fasten a piece of wood to: to accumulate in a mass and cause a stoppage: to obstruct: to encumber: to put clogs on.—ns. Clog′-al′manac an early form of almanac having the indicating characters notched on wood horn &c.; Clog′-dance a dance performed with clogs the clatter keeping time to the music.—adj. Clogged encumbered.—ns. Clog′ger one who makes clogs; Clog′giness.—adj. Clog′gy lumpy sticky.

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