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

• Local residents have long complained that the shoppers clog up public transport and crowd out stores, but that long-simmering resentment is increasingly boiling over into angry protests.
  香港本地居民长期以来一直抱怨内地购物者堵塞了公共交通、令商店人满为患，这种酝酿已久的不满情绪正逐渐趋向沸腾、升级为愤怒的抗议。
• That heavy oil will clog up the machinery, ie prevent it from working properly.
  这种重油会妨碍机器的运转。
• Telecommuters don't need to clog up the roads, and property prices in London and New York should slide as people carry out their investment-banking responsibilities from Anglesey or Iowa.
  远程工作者无需阻塞道路，而伦敦和纽约的地产价格应当下跌，因为人们在Anglesey或艾奥瓦（Iowa）完成了他们的投行工作。
• They hope the volume of dirty traffic will clog up the keyword filters.
  他们希望大量包含敏感信息的数据流能够堵塞关键词过滤系统。
• Prior to TOC, manufacturers would clog up their factories and warehouses with excess part inventory to bring the unit cost of parts ( and therefore finished goods) down.
  在TOC之前，制造商为了降低单个部件的成本（从而降低成品的成本），他们的工厂和仓库堆满了过量的库存。
• Because it is so deep down, the oil will come out hot and then cool rapidly as it nears the surface, leaving deposits of paraffin that will clog up pipes.
  因为钻井是如此之深，所以尽管石油刚喷出来时还是热的，它在向上流动的过程中会迅速冷却，而石蜡就沉淀出来并堵塞管道。
• Never pour the plaster down the drain as it may clog up the pipes.
  注意：不要把砂浆倾倒入下水道以免堵塞。
• It leaves you feeling fresh and clean, but will not clog up your pores.
  它会为您留下清新，洁净的感觉，不会堵塞毛孔。
• Don't clog your memory ( up) with useless information.
  不要把没有用的东西塞满在脑子里。
• Every winter the drains clog up with leaves.
  每年冬天，下水道都被树叶堵了。