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

• 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。
• 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。
• Every winter the drains clog up with leaves.
  每年冬天，下水道都被树叶堵了。
• It was quickly caricatured as an invitation to cows and chickens to clog up the dockets.
  此事件被迅速地作出回应，并以漫画的形式讽刺为向牛与鸡发出的请贴塞满了记事本。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The vents clog up easily.
  通风口很容易堵塞住。