clog
verb/klɒɡ/
/klɑːɡ/
[transitive, often passive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they clog | /klɒɡ/ /klɑːɡ/ |
| he / she / it clogs | /klɒɡz/ /klɑːɡz/ |
| past simple clogged | /klɒɡd/ /klɑːɡd/ |
| past participle clogged | /klɒɡd/ /klɑːɡd/ |
| -ing form clogging | /ˈklɒɡɪŋ/ /ˈklɑːɡɪŋ/ |
- to block something or to become blocked
（使）阻塞，堵塞 - clog something (up) (with something) The narrow streets were clogged with traffic.
狭窄的街道上交通堵塞。 - Tears clogged her throat.
她哽咽了。 - The wheels got clogged up with mud.
车轮让烂泥糊住了。 - clog (up) (with something) Within a few years the pipes began to clog up.
没有几年管子就开始堵塞了。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryClog is used with these nouns as the subject:- traffic
- artery
- drain
- highway
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘block of wood to impede an animal's movement’): of unknown origin. - clog something (up) (with something) The narrow streets were clogged with traffic.
