单词 | congested |
释义 | congested (once / 4954 pages) adj If you are having trouble breathing, you keep sneezing, and your head feels like it might explode, you may very well be congested. In other words, fluid may have built up in your sinuses and your lungs. Being congested is a typical but very unpleasant symptom of the common cold. This adjective literally means “clogged,” “overcrowded,” or “overfull.” Congested is also used to describe arteries that are clogged, cities that are overpopulated, and roads that are full of traffic. WORD FAMILYcongest: congested, congesting, congestion, congestive, congests+/congestion: congestions/congestive: congestively USAGE EXAMPLESIn cities, they typically travel above the existing maze of congested highways and bridges. Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016) He said there is often friction between productions and local business owners over the scarcity of parking in the increasingly congested neighborhood. Los Angeles Times(Dec 25, 2016) In such a congested midfield scrap, it was natural that the full-backs found space. The Guardian(Dec 20, 2016) adj overfull as with blood Syn engorged full containing as much or as many as is possible or normal |
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