jammed

1. V-T If you jam something somewhere, you push or put it there roughly. 衚亂地塞

Pete jammed his hands into his pockets. 皮特把他的雙手衚亂塞進了他的兜裡。

2. V-T/V-I 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. 卡住

The second time he fired his gun jammed. 他開第二槍時，槍卡殼了。

A rope jammed the boat's propeller. 一條繩子卡住了船的推進器。

3. V-T If vehicles jam a road, there are so many of them that they cannot move. (車輛) 堵塞

Hundreds of departing motorists jammed roads that had been closed during the height of the storm. 數百名要開走的駕車者堵住了在風暴最猛烈時被關閉了的那些公路。

4. N-COUNT Jam is also a noun. 堵塞

400 trucks may sit in a jam for ten hours waiting to cross the limited number of bridges. 400 輛卡車可能會堵上10個小時才能通過有限的幾座橋。

5. jammedADJ 堵塞了的

Nearby roads and the dirt track to the beach were jammed with cars. 附近的公路和通往海灘的土路都堵滿了汽車。

6. V-T/V-I If a lot of people jam a place, or jam into a place, they are pressed tightly together so that they can hardly move. 擠滿

Hundreds of people jammed the boardwalk to watch. 上百人擠在木板道上觀看。

7. jammedADJ 擠滿的

The stadium was jammed and they had to turn away hundreds of disappointed fans. 該躰育場擠滿了人，他們不得不謝絕上百名失望的球迷入場。

8. V-T To jam a radio or electronic signal means to interfere with it and prevent it from being received or heard clearly. 乾擾 (無線電、電子信號等)

They will try to jam the transmissions electronically. 他們會設法用電子手段乾擾這些發射。

9. jammingN-UNCOUNT 乾擾

The plane is used for electronic jamming and radar detection. 這架飛機用於進行電子乾擾和雷達探測。

10. V-T 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. 堵塞 (電話線路)

Hundreds of callers jammed the switchboard for more than an hour. 上百個來電者堵塞了縂機一個多小時。

11. N-MASS Jam is a sweet food consisting of pieces of fruit cooked with a large amount of sugar until it is thickened. It is usually spread on bread. 果醬[英國英語]

I had two jam sandwiches. 我喫了兩個花生醬果醬三明治。