log-jamn.

Brit.

/ˈlɒɡdʒam/, U.S.

/ˈlɔɡˌdʒæm/,

/ˈlɑɡˌdʒæm/

Etymology: < log n.¹ + jam n.¹

1. An accumulation of logs in a river; a place where logs become jammed. Cf. jam n.¹ 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > transport of logs > log-jam

jam1805

log-jam1885

timber jam1888

1885 E. L. Dorsey Midshipman Bob (1886) i. 73 His father got killed in a log-jam.

1897 R. Kipling Five Nations (1903) 39 Do you know that racing stream With the raw, right-angled log-jam at the end?

1900 Jrnl. School Geogr. (U.S.) Apr. 153 The breaking of a log jam or an ice dam on one of our rivers.

1903 N.Y. Tribune 27 Sept. They had used dynamite to break up log jams.

1940 J. Buchan Memory Hold-the-Door v. 101 He could do what the lumberman does in a log-jam, and pick out the key log which, once moved, sets the rest going.

1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 115 The successive formation of log jams.

2. figurative. An obstruction or blockage; a delay; a deadlock. Cf. jam n.¹ 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun]

lettingOE

leta1175

marring1357

impediment1398

impeachment1432

unhelpc1449

interruption1463

impeach1511

hindrance1526

prevening1557

offence1578

cross1600

impedition1623

obstructing1641

impede1659

objectiona1667

bottleneck1886

dead wood1887

log-jam1890

1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. I. xi. 451 But at intervals an obstruction, a set-back, a log-jam occurs.

1907 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 14 Feb. 8 The congressional log-jam which held back all legislature for nearly a week was finally broken Thursday afternoon.

1935 Economist 4 May 1009/1 A number of corporate refunding issues have been successfully offered.., leading the Secretary of the Treasury to affirm that the ‘log-jam in the capital market’ has at last been broken.

1951 M. Lowry Let. 5 June (1967) 245 There is a kind of log jam in my work.

1962 Listener 5 Apr. 597/2 Nothing is likely to break the Arab-Israeli log-jam until the Arabs achieve a greater measure of unity.

1965 Listener 20 May 737/2 Something may have happened to show us what Mr. Ian Smith's electoral victory really means and how the political log~jam has begun to move.

1973 I. M. Sinclair Vienna Convention on Law of Treaties v. 139 Informal meetings among leading delegations failed to move the log-jam.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	log-jam
释义	log-jamn. Brit. /ˈlɒɡdʒam/, U.S. /ˈlɔɡˌdʒæm/, /ˈlɑɡˌdʒæm/ Etymology: < log n.¹ + jam n.¹ 1. An accumulation of logs in a river; a place where logs become jammed. Cf. jam n.¹ 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > transport of logs > log-jam jam1805 log-jam1885 timber jam1888 1885 E. L. Dorsey Midshipman Bob (1886) i. 73 His father got killed in a log-jam. 1897 R. Kipling Five Nations (1903) 39 Do you know that racing stream With the raw, right-angled log-jam at the end? 1900 Jrnl. School Geogr. (U.S.) Apr. 153 The breaking of a log jam or an ice dam on one of our rivers. 1903 N.Y. Tribune 27 Sept. They had used dynamite to break up log jams. 1940 J. Buchan Memory Hold-the-Door v. 101 He could do what the lumberman does in a log-jam, and pick out the key log which, once moved, sets the rest going. 1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 115 The successive formation of log jams. 2. figurative. An obstruction or blockage; a delay; a deadlock. Cf. jam n.¹ 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] lettingOE leta1175 marring1357 impediment1398 impeachment1432 unhelpc1449 interruption1463 impeach1511 hindrance1526 prevening1557 offence1578 cross1600 impedition1623 obstructing1641 impede1659 objectiona1667 bottleneck1886 dead wood1887 log-jam1890 1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. I. xi. 451 But at intervals an obstruction, a set-back, a log-jam occurs. 1907 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 14 Feb. 8 The congressional log-jam which held back all legislature for nearly a week was finally broken Thursday afternoon. 1935 Economist 4 May 1009/1 A number of corporate refunding issues have been successfully offered.., leading the Secretary of the Treasury to affirm that the ‘log-jam in the capital market’ has at last been broken. 1951 M. Lowry Let. 5 June (1967) 245 There is a kind of log jam in my work. 1962 Listener 5 Apr. 597/2 Nothing is likely to break the Arab-Israeli log-jam until the Arabs achieve a greater measure of unity. 1965 Listener 20 May 737/2 Something may have happened to show us what Mr. Ian Smith's electoral victory really means and how the political log~jam has begun to move. 1973 I. M. Sinclair Vienna Convention on Law of Treaties v. 139 Informal meetings among leading delegations failed to move the log-jam. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1885
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