| 单词 | traffic snarl |
| 释义 | > as lemmastraffic snarl b. figurative or in figurative context. traffic snarl (U.S. colloquial), a traffic jam. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > difficulty or complexity > instance of > and confused snarl1631 tangle1757 twaddle1785 an ill-favoured pirn1828 muddle1857 fankle1890 tie-up1906 snarl-up1960 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic jam stop1625 stoppage1727 lock1834 block1861 pinch point1868 tie-up1889 traffic jam1891 traffic snarl1899 traffic snarl1933 traffic snarl-up1947 thrombosis1959 snarl-up1960 back-up1962 tailback1975 gridlock1980 1631 F. Quarles Hist. Samson xii The day's at hand, wherein thou must untie The Riddle's tangled Snarle. 1675 J. Smith Christian Relig. Appeal i. 18 Here was..a snarle in his fortune requiring the aid of a Divine Solution. 1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 73 That men and women shou'd be..in a continu'd snarle, contradiction, hatred, and infinite disorders. 1860 M. C. Harris Rutledge 111 Dorothy has got her account with the grocer in a great snarl. 1889 Spectator 13 Apr. Our children will see how this Irish snarl is unravelled. 1933 E. B. White Let. Mar. (1976) 113 At noon I happened to be driving north on Fourth Avenue, and got held up in a traffic snarl. 1950 J. D. MacDonald Brass Cupcake ii. 18 I dove slowly back into the traffic snarl. 1968 S. Challis Death on Quiet Beach iii. 30 The traffic was a slow snarl that cost him forty minutes. 1975 New Yorker 19 May 99/1 The traffic snarls were impenetrable. 1979 Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. d3/3 Production snarls kept cars out of the showroom. 1980 R. L. Duncan Brimstone iv. 65 The congressional reorganization studies..were resulting in a snarl of immense proportions. traffic snarl traffic snarl n. colloquial (originally U.S.) a traffic jam; = traffic snarl-up n.Cf. snarl n.1 2b.In quot. 1899 in figurative context. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic jam stop1625 stoppage1727 lock1834 block1861 pinch point1868 tie-up1889 traffic jam1891 traffic snarl1899 traffic snarl1933 traffic snarl-up1947 thrombosis1959 snarl-up1960 back-up1962 tailback1975 gridlock1980 1899 N.Y. Times 18 June 22/7 Strong and skillful men are busily at work trying to untangle bituminous traffic snarls. 1905 Boston Daily Globe 28 Mar. 4/2 Blockades have been common and the traffic snarls were many. 2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 4 May 39/7 Telework offered the chance to prevent traffic snarls and ease the current skills shortage. < as lemmas |
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