gridlock

noun

/ˈɡrɪdlɒk/

/ˈɡrɪdlɑːk/

[uncountable, countable]

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a situation in which there are so many cars in the streets of a town that the traffic cannot move at all
- It’s gridlock between 6.30 and 9.00.
- The protest march created gridlock.
- roads that are prone to gridlocks
Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
(usually in politics) a situation in which people with different opinions are not able to agree with each other and so no action can be taken
- Congress is in gridlock.
Topics Opinion and argumentc2

Word Origin1980s (originally US): from grid (in sense (1)) + lock ‘become rigidly fixed’.

单词	gridlock
释义	gridlock noun /ˈɡrɪdlɒk/ /ˈɡrɪdlɑːk/ [uncountable, countable] jump to other results a situation in which there are so many cars in the streets of a town that the traffic cannot move at all It’s gridlock between 6.30 and 9.00. The protest march created gridlock. roads that are prone to gridlocks Topics Transport by car or lorryc2 (usually in politics) a situation in which people with different opinions are not able to agree with each other and so no action can be taken Congress is in gridlock. Topics Opinion and argumentc2 Word Origin1980s (originally US): from grid (in sense (1)) + lock ‘become rigidly fixed’.
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