| 单词 | jam |
| 释义 | jam —jam /dʒæm/ noun [C or U] (US ALSO jelly) (FOOD) ► A2 a sweet, soft food made by cooking fruit with sugar to preserve it. It is eaten on bread or cakes: » strawberry/raspberry jam» jam sandwichesThesaurus+: ↑Jams and spreads• • • Extra Examples:» She won first prize for her raspberry jam at the Mitchell county fair.» Gooseberries are used for making pies and jam.» We were served scones with butter and jam.» The recipe uses a whole jarful of jam.» She has toast with raspberry jam for breakfast.noun [C] (BLOCK) ► C1 something that is stuck in a machine, or that prevents the parts of a machine from moving: » She fed the documents into the machine making sure that there were no paper jams.noun [C] (ON A ROAD) ► B2 → TRAFFIC JAM(Cf. ↑traffic jam): » We were stuck in a jam for two hours.Thesaurus+: ↑Traffic jamsnoun [S] (NO SPACE) ► F0 a situation in which a lot of people are in a small space: » It's a real jam inside - it took me ten minutes to get to the bar.Thesaurus+: ↑Fullnoun [S] INFORMAL (DIFFICULT SITUATION) ► F0 a difficult situation: » I'm in a bit of a jam - could you lend me some money till next week?» How are we going to get ourselves out of this jam?Thesaurus+: ↑Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences , ↑Accidents and disastersverb (-mm-) (STICK) ↑Verb Endings for jam C1 [I or T] to be, or make something, unable to move: » The door jammed behind me and I couldn't get out» [+ obj + adj ] He jammed the window open with a piece of wood.Thesaurus+: ↑ImmobilityF0 [T] to stop radio signals from reaching the people who want to receive them: » Foreign radio broadcasts were regularly jammed.Thesaurus+: ↑RadioThesaurus+: ↑Preventing and impeding , ↑Limiting and restrictingverb [I] (-mm-) (MUSIC) ↑Verb Endings for jam ► F0 to play jazz or rock music with other people informally without planning it or practising togetherThesaurus+: ↑Playing music , ↑Singing in generalverb [T + adv/prep] (-mm-) (FILL) ↑Verb Endings for jam ► C1 to fill a place completely: » The centre of town was jammed with cars moving at a very slow pace.» The motorway was jammed solid (= the traffic could not move) all morning.verb [T + adv/prep] (-mm-) (PUSH) ↑Verb Endings for jam ► F0 to push something forcefully or with difficulty into something else: » He jammed the boxes into the back of the car.Thesaurus+: ↑Inserting and forcing things into other things |
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