Clog

(noun.) any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction.

(noun.) footwear usually with wooden soles.

(verb.) fill to excess so that function is impaired; 'Fear clogged her mind'; 'The story was clogged with too many details'.

(verb.) coalesce or unite in a mass; 'Blood clots'.

(verb.) impede with a clog or as if with a clog; 'The market is being clogged by these operations'; 'My mind is constipated today'.

(verb.) impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden; 'horses were clogged until they were tamed'.

(verb.) become or cause to become obstructed; 'The leaves clog our drains in the Fall'; 'The water pipe is backed up'.

(verb.) dance a clog dance.

编辑:尼特

• The surplus water is best removed by centrifugal pumps, since sand and sticks which would clog the valves of an ordinary pump are passed along without difficulty by the rotating wheel. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• A clog whizzed through the air. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• He had a clog, a sort of monomania. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The watchmaker, unassisted by the magnifying glass, could not detect the tiny grains of dust or sand which clog the delicate wheels of our watches. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• At this moment one of the heath-croppers feeding in the outer shadows was audibly shaking off the clog attached to its foot. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• One may be clogged with honey and unable to rise and fly. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• By means of a lens, a watchmaker gets an enlarged image of the dust which clogs the wheels of his watch. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Mrs. Bute continued, stamping in her clogs. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Most catarrhal troubles are accompanied by an oversupply of mucus which frequently clogs up the Eustachian tube and produces deafness. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Her eye was on the group of lads who had armed themselves with their clogs some time before. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• While the record is being traced the waxed disc is kept flooded with alcohol from a glass jar, seen in the cut, to soften the film and prevent the clogging of the stylus. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• These openings are visible on all gas stoves, and should be kept clean and free of clogging, in order to insure complete combustion. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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