clog up

英 [klɒɡ ʌp]

美 [klɑːɡ ʌp]

（使）阻塞; （使）堵塞

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB-ERG （使）阻塞;（使）堵塞
  When somethingclogs upa place, or when itclogs up, it becomes blocked so that little or nothing can pass through.
  1. 22,000 tourists were clogging up the pavements...
     2.2万名游客将人行道堵得水泄不通。
  2. The result is that the lungs clog up with a thick mucus.
     检验结果是肺部被厚厚的黏液堵住了。

英英释义

verb

• become or cause to become obstructed
  1. The leaves clog our drains in the Fall
  2. The water pipe is backed up
  Synonym:clogchoke offback upcongestchokefoul

双语例句

• Never pour the plaster down the drain as it may clog up the pipes.
  注意：不要把砂浆倾倒入下水道以免堵塞。
• By contrast, sprawling cities that rely heavily on cars-Moscow, Istanbul, Beijing-are becoming dysfunctional as roads clog up.
  相比之下，严重依赖汽车的扩张中的城市莫斯科、伊斯坦布尔和北京正因道路拥堵而变得运转不良。
• Local residents have long complained that the shoppers clog up public transport and crowd out stores, but that long-simmering resentment is increasingly boiling over into angry protests.
  香港本地居民长期以来一直抱怨内地购物者堵塞了公共交通、令商店人满为患，这种酝酿已久的不满情绪正逐渐趋向沸腾、升级为愤怒的抗议。
• Don't clog your memory ( up) with useless information.
  不要把没有用的东西塞满在脑子里。
• Reverse-osmosis plants use filters and chemicals to remove particles that could clog up the membranes, and the membranes must also be washed periodically to reduce scaling and fouling.
  逆向渗透工厂使用了过滤器和化学物质去处会堵塞薄膜的粒子，而薄膜必须得定期清洗，以便减少污垢和堵塞。
• Don't clog up your hand with all cards to play.
  不要想所有的牌作为要打的牌，这样会阻碍你的手牌。
• Migrant workers go door to door like rag men, buying up the cast-offs of Shanghai's conspicuous consumption, designer water bottles and flat screen television boxes which would otherwise clog up the city's landfills.
  民工们像废品回收商一样，逐门逐户地收购上海炫耀性消费的废弃物、高级矿泉水的瓶子和平板电视的包装箱&如果没有他们，这些废弃物将堆满上海的垃圾填埋场。
• Besides, petroleum jelly isnt absorbed by the skin: it just sits on top of it, and can clog up pores rather thoroughly.
  另外，皮肤无法吸收凡士林，所以它只会呆在皮肤表面，完全堵塞毛孔。
• Because it is so deep down, the oil will come out hot and then cool rapidly as it nears the surface, leaving deposits of paraffin that will clog up pipes.
  因为钻井是如此之深，所以尽管石油刚喷出来时还是热的，它在向上流动的过程中会迅速冷却，而石蜡就沉淀出来并堵塞管道。
• An air filter system eliminates any dust that might clog up the movements.
  空气过滤系统可以消除空气中的尘埃，以免阻塞机芯的运作。