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

• Premature crystallization would clog up their silk glands, which would likely prove fatal to the little creatures.
  而过早的结晶会阻塞丝腺，蚕很可能为此丧命。
• Don't clog your memory ( up) with useless information.
  不要把没有用的东西塞满在脑子里。
• 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。
• 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。
• Volcanic ash can clog up and damage jet engines while the tiny particles of glass in the ash can also melt and block the ventilation holes which can cause the engines to overheat and stop working.
  火山灰中的细小玻璃态物质，会融化然后堵塞住散热孔，导致引擎过热熄火。
• 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。
• 22,000 tourists were clogging up the pavements
  2.2万名游客将人行道堵得水泄不通。
• 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。
• Prior to TOC, manufacturers would clog up their factories and warehouses with excess part inventory to bring the unit cost of parts ( and therefore finished goods) down.
  在TOC之前，制造商为了降低单个部件的成本（从而降低成品的成本），他们的工厂和仓库堆满了过量的库存。
• 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。