英语词汇“bottleneck”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	bottleneck
释义	bottleneck I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun 1. a. : a narrow entrance or passageway < entering the harbor through the bottleneck formed by the reefs > b. : a narrow stretch of road : narrow route < widened streets are gradually taking the place of the city's bottlenecks > c. : a point of traffic obstruction or congestion < at five o'clock in the afternoon the downtown streets are a series of bottlenecks > 2. a. : a condition or situation that obstructs, slows down, or halts free movement and progress < breaking the twin bottlenecks of ignorance and prejudice > b. : the state of blocked activity resulting from a bottleneck : state of checked, frustrated, or paralyzed action : impasse < lack of outside sympathy and understanding leaves the group in an apparently inescapable bottleneck > II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) *transitive verb* : to obstruct, slow down, or halt by or as if by causing or being a bottleneck : produce a bottleneck in : throttle, check, frustrate, paralyze < their stupidity bottlenecked all freedom of expression > *intransitive verb* 1. : to be or cause a bottleneck < obstructing progress by constant bottlenecking > 2. : to become obstructed or checked by or as if by a bottleneck < production of material has bottlenecked > 3. : to become narrow or confined like a bottleneck < supply routes run along the rivers, bottlenecking in some spots — Newsweek > III. adjective or bottlenecked \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ 1. a. : shaped like or suggesting the neck and shoulders of a bottle < bottleneck gun cartridges > b. : narrow or confined like a bottleneck < bottleneck streets > 2. : obstructed or checked by or as if by a bottleneck < progress has unfortunately entered a bottleneck phase > IV. noun or bottleneck guitar : a style of guitar playing in which an object (as a metal bar or the neck of a bottle) is pressed against the strings for a glissando effect
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