| 单词 | bottleneck |
| 释义 | bottleneck (once / 13371 pages) nv A bottleneck is a type of traffic jam, when cars get stuck or slowed down in a narrow part of the roadway. You might leave work two hours later than usual to avoid a bottleneck. Anything that gets stalled in a narrow area, whether it's auto traffic or pedestrians, can be called a bottleneck. Information can also get stuck in a kind of bottleneck, if the system itself creates a delay. The term comes from the shape of an actual bottleneck, or the narrow neck or mouth of a bottle. WORD FAMILYbottleneck: bottlenecked, bottlenecking, bottlenecks USAGE EXAMPLESThey joke about the bottleneck, calling it “the Wormhole,” and talk of adding lanes in another 10 years. Washington Times(Dec 07, 2016) Canada’s energy sector, hit hard by a two-year slump in oil prices, wants more pipelines to help ease bottlenecks in getting crude out of Alberta. The Guardian(Nov 29, 2016) Canada's energy sector, hit hard by a two-year slump in oil prices, wants more pipelines to help ease bottlenecks in moving crude out of Alberta. Reuters(Nov 29, 2016) 1n the narrow part of a bottle near the top Hyper part, portion something less than the whole of a human artifact 2n a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel Syn|Hyper chokepoint, constriction narrowing an instance of becoming narrow 3v slow down or impede by creating an obstruction His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system Hyper block, blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of 4v become narrow, like a bottleneck Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks Hyper contract, narrow make or become more narrow or restricted |
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