Jam.
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英 [dʒæm]
英汉双解
甜食sweet food
1. | [u][c] 果酱a thick sweet substance made by boiling fruit with sugar, often sold in jars and spread on bread |
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| recipes for jams and preserves 果酱和蜜饯的制作方法 |
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人多；车多many people/vehicles
2. | [c] 拥挤；堵塞a situation in which it is difficult or impossible to move because there are so many people or vehicles in one particular place |
| The bus was delayed in a five-mile jam. 公共汽车因长达五英里的交通堵塞而延误。 |
| As fans rushed to leave, jams formed at all the exits. 因球迷都急于离开，所有出口都给阻塞了。 |
机器machine
3. | [c] 卡住（因而发生故障）a situation in which a machine does not work because sth is stuck in one position |
| There's a paper jam in the photocopier. 复印机卡纸了。 |
用力推push with force
1. | [t] ~ sth + adv./prep. 使劲（往某处）挤（或压、塞）to push sth somewhere with a lot of force |
| He jammed his fingers in his ears. 他用手指使劲堵住耳朵。 |
| A stool had been jammed against the door. 门被一把凳子顶住了。 |
停止移动╱运转stop moving/working
2. | [i][t] （使）卡住，不能动弹，不能运转to become unable to move or work; to make sth do this |
| The photocopier keeps jamming up. 这台复印机总是卡纸。 |
| There's a loose part that keeps jamming the mechanism. 有个零件松了经常卡住机器。 |
| The valve has jammed shut. 阀门给卡住了打不开。 |
| He jammed the door open with a piece of wood. 他用一块木头卡住门让它开着。 |
塞进put into small space
3. | [t][i] 塞入；塞进；挤进to put sb/sth into a small space where there is very little room to move |
| Six of us were jammed into one small car. 我们六个人被塞进一辆小汽车里。 |
| We were jammed together like sardines in a can. 我们像罐头里的沙丁鱼一般紧紧挤在一起。 |
| The cupboards were jammed full of old newspapers. 橱柜里塞满了旧报纸。 |
| Nearly 1 000 students jammed into the hall. 近 1 000 名学生挤到礼堂里。 |
挤满人╱物fill with people/things
4. | [t] ~ sth (up) (with sb/sth) 挤满；塞紧to fill sth with a large number of people or things so that it is unable to function as it should |
| Viewers jammed the switchboard with complaints. 打电话投诉的观众使总机应接不暇。 |
无线电广播radio broadcast
5. | [t] ~ sth （发射无线电波）干扰to send out radio signals to prevent another radio broadcast from being heard |
演奏音乐play music
6. | [i][t] ~ (sth) 即兴演奏to play music with other musicians in an informal way without preparing or practising first |
习惯用语
be in a jam
陷入困境to be in a difficult situation
jam tomorrow
可望而不可即的美好未来；许而不予的好东西good things that are promised for the future but never happen
| They refused to settle for a promise of jam tomorrow. 他们并不满足于那些美好未来的空话。 |
jam on the brake(s)|jam the brake(s) on
猛踩刹车to operate the brakes on a vehicle suddenly and with force
| The car skidded as he jammed on the brakes. 他紧急刹车时汽车向前滑了一段路。 |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
Louis: Seems like you got yourself in a jam, huh? I wish there was something I could do to help you out.
路易斯：看起来你自己好像有麻烦了，哈？我希望能帮你点忙。
Then the mouse came out of her jam pot, and Benjamin took the paper bag off his head, and they told the doleful tale .
然后那鼠从她的果酱罐出了来，接著本杰明从头上取下了纸袋，之后他们说出了那个令人伤心的故事。
There are great dangers in trying to dish this sort of dose up with jam for the patient.
如果要想把这种药物加上果酱一齐给病人吃，那是非常危险的。
The reason why she was late for the exam was that she got stuck in a traffic jam.
她考试迟到的原因是遇上了塞车。
They asked students to choose between things like a pair of CDs or two flavors of jam.
他们要求学生在一些物品当中进行选择，例如一对CD或两种口味的果酱。
My summer jam is Rihanna's "Umbrella, " and I think it's easy to see why.
我的夏日劲歌就是蕾哈娜的〈小雨伞〉，而且我想理由一目了然。
Place a few slices of duck , pieces of scallion and a teaspoon of jam on the pancakes, and roll it up to eat.
在煎饼上放几块烤鸭，几段大葱，一匙酱，把饼卷起即可食用。
You and I are like two kids around a mysterious jam-jar. Little by little, we taste the jam, and find how much sweet there contains.
我和你就好像两个小孩子，围着一个神秘的果酱罐，一点一点地尝它，看看里面有多少甜。
The traffic jam in this narrow road is usually during the peak hours, and sometimes has to wait for a long time before able to get out.
在繁忙时间该处面对交通堵塞通，有时要等待很长的时间才能通车。
Pretty soon, we may even live up to the bragging motto I made up for our posters and Web site: 'Beijing's premier blues and jam band. '
不久之后，我们可能真的能实现我在海报和网站上放出的豪言壮语：“北京一流的蓝调和爵士乐队”。
As I said, I listen to all different types of music, but I mostly rock out to Pearl Jam.
我听各种不同类型音乐，但是我几乎只被珍珠果酱所震撼。
No, if it was a paper jam I could fix it in a jiffy! But I think it`s something a bit more serious.
不.如果是卡纸.我早就修好了！我认为是更严重的问题。
Mike told me that his business was in a jam and he was in urgent need of money. He wanted to borrow some money from me.
迈克告诉我他的生意陷入困境，急需用钱。他想向我借钱。
Jam made from what its maker claims is one of Princess Diana's hairs is up for sale at an art exhibition in London.
伦敦一个艺术展上出售一种果酱，这种果酱据制作者称是用戴安娜王妃的少量头发制作而成。
but I have to call you to help me, since I am blocking the traffic in a major intersection. I am making a traffic jam now.
没有，我不得不给你打电话是因为我堵住了一个主要路口的交通，我正在引起一个交通阻塞。
Simply wrap the cord around the player, jam the whole thing into your pocket, and hope that it's not a mess by the time you pull it out.
简单的将耳机线绕在播放器上，然后把东西统统塞到兜里，希望拿出来的时候，它不是一团乱麻。
Jean: Sorry, but I would have been here earlier if I had not been trapped in a traffic jam.
对不起。要不是碰上交通堵塞的话，我早就该到了。
buzzed about the wall, and a little old mouse picked over the rubbish among the jam pots.
丽蝇在墙的四周嗡嗡叫，而一只老小鼠在果酱罐子之中挑捡垃圾。
Thanks, we're just in a bit of a jam. All this has to get out today. -Yeah. Uh, I don't do shipping.
谢谢，我们只是有一点问题。所有这些都必须在今天发出。-是。啊，我不做发货。
She then turned on her heels and went back to her jam-making.
她转过身去，去做她的果酱去了。
There are great dangers in trying to dish this sort of dose up with jam for the patient.
如果要想把这种药物加上果酱一齐给病人吃，那是非常危险的。
Dynamiting the log jam seemed to be the only solution.
打破僵局似乎是惟一的解决办法。
He was a little ahead in the jam.
他被挤在前面一点的人群里。
If you sell the jam jars at five dollars each, what will you make on the sale?
如果你们把这些果酱以每瓶5美元的价格出售，你们能获利多少？
The heavy rain had an great effect on the road and made it a traffic e jam.
那场大雨对道路造成了很大的影响以至于交通瘫痪。
Schedule seasonal socializing for the period immediately after Christmas, rather than trying to jam in one more party before Christmas Day.
与其努力在圣诞节前多参加点派对，在圣诞节后立马安排季度性社交活动会是更好的选择。计划一个除夕派对。
I love to improvise and he loves to improvise, so it was just a jam session in Africa.
我喜欢即兴表演，他也喜欢即兴表演，所以这就是一场在非洲进行的即兴排演。
Often let you view some of the things that remain beautiful, even if it is inserted in a jam jar of a daisy flower.
经常让你视野中的某些事物保持美丽，即使它只是插在一个果酱瓶中的一朵雏菊花。
Unfortunately the taxi got stuck in a traffic jam, and by the time I got to Waterloo, the train had just gone.
不幸的是，出租车遇到了交通阻塞，等我到滑铁卢的时候，火车刚好离开。
Sorry to be late. I was caught up in a traffic jam. Am I the last guest to arrive?
对不起我迟到了。真不巧赶上了一场交通拥堵。我是最后一个到的吗？
Navigating the world while in a traffic jam or at a boring meeting is possible with one movement of your finger.
堵车的时候、无聊的会议上，你大可用一根手指来一次环球旅行。
Measures have been taken to relieve the city of its traffic jam, but the problem is not likely to be solved in a short time.
为缓解交通阻塞已采取了不少措施，然而这个问题并非马上能解决。
They argue that nowadays traffic is much heavier than before. There is often a traffic jam especially in rush hours.
他们说如今交通比过去拥挤的多，尤其是在交通高峰期。
I wasn't about to jam him for domestic political reasons, any more than I would let him keep NATOs doors closed indefinitely.
我不会让他把北约的大门无限期地关闭，但更不会因为国内政治的原因而为难他。
Could I try some of that jam? Jam? That blackberry jam. Oh, of course, darling. Actually, it's sort of a fish berry jam. It's called caviar.
吃寿喜烧以前，来一点餐前甜点。我可以吃一点那个甜酱吗？甜酱？那个黑莓酱。哦，当然，亲爱的。事实上，这是一种鱼莓酱。它的名字叫鱼子酱。
Perhaps I'll jam up my freak - out dials sometime soon, but I seem to have it under control at the moment, even as we enter the busy Fall.
也许我将某一个时间在我的麻药服用刻度盘上面很快挤，但是我此刻在控制之下有它，正当我们进入忙碌的秋天。
Pour yourself one cup of skim milk. Believe it or not, milk has enough fast-acting sugar to help you out in a hypoglycemic jam.
喝一杯脱脂牛奶。牛奶中含有可快速作用的糖分来有效用于低血糖救急，当然，信不信由你。
It's depressing when you can't get out of a traffic jam. Especially when it happens on your only way home.
被困在车阵中动弹不得真让人不爽。尤其那是你回家唯一的路的时候。
A: Sorry for being late again. You know, I ran into a traffic jam.
对不起，我又迟到了。要知道我碰上交通堵塞了。
Err, kind of. You know this traffic jam is really bad with so many new cars hitting the streets these days.
额，有点。你知道的，这些天如此多的新车上路，交通堵塞真的很严重。
I'm gonna switch to a little bit of jam and take the butter off of my toast. " Have a really specific plan. "
我会换成一点儿果酱并去掉吐司上的奶油。制定一个真正具体的计划。
THERE is nothing more frustrating than turning on to a motorway and getting stuck in a traffic jam that stretches into the distance.
没有什么事比上了高速公路就被堵在绵延数里的车流中更让人挫败的了。
OK, Mom. Mom, Dad says he was the traffic jam. Say, just as what I've told you.
好的，妈妈。妈妈，爸爸说他遇上塞车了。他说的跟我告诉你的一样。
They were sent to jam the enemy's radio stations during the war.
战争期间他们被派去干扰敌人的电台。
