释义 |
Adjective: clogging klóging- Preventing movement
"the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street" - hindering, impeding, obstructive Verb: clog (clogged,clogging) klóg- Become or cause to become obstructed
"The leaves clog our drains in the Fall" - choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul - Dance a clog dance
- Impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden
"horses were clogged until they were tamed" - Impede with a clog or as if with a clog
"The market is being clogged by these operations" - constipate - Coalesce or unite in a mass
- clot - Fill to excess so that function is impaired
"Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details" - overload
See also: preventative, preventive Type of: block, close up, coalesce, constrain, cumber [archaic], dance, encumber, fill, fill up, impede, jam, make full, obstruct, obturate, occlude, restrain, slow, slow down, slow up, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe Antonym: unclog Encyclopedia: Clog Clogging |