单词 | gridlocked |
释义 | gridlockedadj. Subject to a gridlock; brought to a standstill (literal and figurative). ΚΠ 1982 N.Y. Times 21 June a18/1 (heading) The gridlocked economy. 1984 M. Amis Money 262 A tall untethered man had whirled out with his chain to flog the gridlocked traffic. 1992 Wall St. Jrnl. 4 Nov. a14/5 A bipartisan coalition in Congress for two to four years could execute real change and cure gridlocked government. 1998 R. Gunesekera Sandglass 1 Below me a line of grimy white cars, trucks and vans stood gridlocked on a flyover going nowhere. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1982 |
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