1 N-MASS 果酱 Jam is a thick sweet food that is made by cooking fruit with a large amount of sugar, and that is usually spread on bread.
果酱 [mainly British] in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 jelly
2 VERB 硬推;硬塞;使劲放 If you
jam something somewhere, you push or put it there roughly.
硬推;硬塞;使劲放 3 V-ERG (机器)卡住;使卡住;(使)不能运转 If something such as a part of a machine
jams, or if something
jams it, the part becomes fixed in position and is unable to move freely or work properly.
(机器)卡住;使卡住;(使)不能运转 [Also V n adj] -
The second time he fired his gun jammed. [VERB]
他开第二枪时枪卡壳了。
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A rope jammed the boat's propeller. [VERB noun]
一根绳子卡住了船的螺旋桨。
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Cracks appeared in the wall and a door jammed shut. [VERB adj.ive]
墙上出现了裂缝,一扇门卡住打不开了。
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The intake valve was jammed open. [be VERB-ed]
进气阀卡住了,关不上。
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Every few minutes the motor cut out as the machinery became jammed. [VERB-ed]
机器老是卡住,马达隔不了几分钟就突然熄火。
4 VERB (车辆)堵住,堵塞(道路) If vehicles
jam a road, there are so many of them that they cannot move.
(车辆)堵住,堵塞(道路) 5 VERB (人)塞进,挤进 If a lot of people
jam a place, or
jam into a place, they are pressed tightly together so that they can hardly move.
(人)塞进,挤进 6 VERB 干扰(无线电或电子信号) To
jam a radio or electronic signal means to interfere with it and prevent it from being received or heard clearly.
干扰(无线电或电子信号) 7 VERB 使(电话总机)应接不暇;使(电话线)过于繁忙 If callers
are jamming telephone lines, there are so many callers that the people answering the telephones find it difficult to deal with them all.
使(电话总机)应接不暇;使(电话线)过于繁忙 -
Hundreds of callers jammed the BBC switchboard for more than an hour. [VERB noun]
在一个多小时内,成百上千的来电使得英国广播公司的总机应接不暇。
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The telephone exchange has been jammed all day with people wanting to buy season tickets. [VERB-ed]
很多人想买季票,电话总机一天到晚忙个不停。
8 N-SING [in NOUN] 陷入困境 If someone is
in a
jam, they are in a very difficult situation.
陷入困境 [informal] 9 VERB (爵士乐手或摇滚乐手)即兴演奏 When jazz or rock musicians
are jamming, they are informally playing music that has not been written down or planned in advance.
(爵士乐手或摇滚乐手)即兴演奏 [informal] Jam is also a noun.
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...a free-form jazz jam.
随性的爵士乐即兴演出
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...a jam session.
即兴演奏环节
Quotations
The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday - but never jam today Lewis Carroll Alice Through the Looking Glass Word Partnership | Use jam with: |
N. | jam jar, strawberry jam 1 traffic jam 4 |
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