| 单词 | congestion |
| 释义 | congestion (once / 3241 pages) n When a driver complains about congestion, she's talking about the cars that are backed up on the highway. When your sneezing friend complains about congestion, he's talking about his stuffed-up nose. Use the noun congestion to talk about over-crowding; this comes up most often when people talk about traffic. If there's unexpected congestion on your route to work, you'll be late. You might also use the word to describe a crush of people: "The congestion in the subway was terrible — we were packed like sardines in there." The medical kind of congestion describes a build up of fluid, especially the kind you feel in your sinuses when you have a bad cold. WORD FAMILYcongestion: congestions+/congest: congested, congesting, congestion, congestive, congests/congestive: congestively USAGE EXAMPLESFrom its inception, the Second Avenue subway was intended to ease congestion on the East Side of Manhattan. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) And is seen as crucial to alleviating congestion in the nation’s biggest subway system. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) It reduces road congestion, benefiting our environment and our quality of life. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1n excessive crowding traffic congestion Syn|Hyper over-crowding crowding a situation in which people or things are crowded together 2n excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part Hypo|Hyper hydrothorax accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) often resulting from disease of the heart or kidneys haemothorax, hemothoraxaccumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) hyperaemia, hyperemiaincreased blood in an organ or other body part pulmonary congestioncongestion in the lungs stuffinessstate of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat engorgementcongestion with blood symptom (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease |
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