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

• Within a few years the pipe began to clog up.
  没有几年，管子就开始堵塞了。
• 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。
• By contrast, sprawling cities that rely heavily on cars-Moscow, Istanbul, Beijing-are becoming dysfunctional as roads clog up.
  相比之下，严重依赖汽车的扩张中的城市莫斯科、伊斯坦布尔和北京正因道路拥堵而变得运转不良。
• Diets that are high in fat and cholesterol tend to clog up our arteries, thereby reducing the blood flow to our hearts and brains.
  脂肪和胆固醇含量高的食物会阻塞我们的血管，从而减少流向心脏和大脑的血液。
• Migrant workers go door to door like rag men, buying up the cast-offs of Shanghai's conspicuous consumption, designer water bottles and flat screen television boxes which would otherwise clog up the city's landfills.
  民工们像废品回收商一样，逐门逐户地收购上海炫耀性消费的废弃物、高级矿泉水的瓶子和平板电视的包装箱&如果没有他们，这些废弃物将堆满上海的垃圾填埋场。
• Don't clog your memory ( up) with useless information.
  不要把没有用的东西塞满在脑子里。
• These false complainants clog up the legal system.
  这些虚假抱怨者充斥着法律体系。
• 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。
• Reverse-osmosis plants use filters and chemicals to remove particles that could clog up the membranes, and the membranes must also be washed periodically to reduce scaling and fouling.
  逆向渗透工厂使用了过滤器和化学物质去处会堵塞薄膜的粒子，而薄膜必须得定期清洗，以便减少污垢和堵塞。
• 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。