jam 的 3 个定义
jammed, jam·ming.
- to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
- to bruise or crush by squeezing: She jammed her hand in the door.
- to fill too tightly; cram: He jammed the suitcase with clothing.
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jammed, jam·ming.
- to become stuck, wedged, fixed, blocked, etc.: This door jams easily.
- to press or push, often violently, as into a confined space or against one another: They jammed into the elevator.
- to become unworkable, as through the wedging or displacement of a part.
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- the act of jamming or the state of being jammed.
- a mass of objects, vehicles, etc., jammed together or otherwise unable to move except slowly: a log jam; a traffic jam.
- Informal. a difficult or embarrassing situation; fix: He got himself into a jam with his boss.
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jam 近义词
troublesome situation
squeeze in; compress
更多jam例句
- Koslow had faced criticism earlier in the summer for serving moldy jam at her restaurant, allegedly taking credit for other people’s recipes, and hiding an illegal kitchen space from the health department.
- Many of these worker bees weren’t looking for electronic jams or Gregorian chants.
- In early April, during that brief phase when lockdown felt more like an unexplored alien planet than the inescapable traffic jam it soon became, I called Japan’s biggest karaoke operators to see what they made of it all.
- That weekend and Monday saw 10-hour traffic jams to cross the border, the Union-Tribune reports.
- However, if that is your jam and a wall with a hole in it somewhere awaits you, have at it.
- Most Cacophony events were one-off affairs, just enough to jam the culture a bit before moving on.
- The rears of planes are becoming hell with smaller, harder seats to jam as many passengers in as possible.
- Like Jolly, most of the women raced other motorized vehicles before making it into Monster Jam.
- In 2015, Monster Jam will have a fleet of eight female drivers.
- When my British husband insisted that what he truly wanted for his birthday was to see a Monster Jam Truck show, I cringed inside.
- He became the low-born, petty tradesman, using the language of the hands of his jam factory.
- The system would be perfect for the mellowing of port or madeira, but when it is applied to plum and apple jam or, when 18 pr.
- I dont think much of this jam pie, complained Chet, holding up a wedge that he had taken from his sisters basket.
- A river a hundred feet in width was crossed by a convenient jam of logs and trees.
- If anybody else offered him a bigger piece, or more jam, he would very quickly leave me.