jam
noun
uk/dʒæm/us/dʒæm/jamnoun(FOOD)
A2[CorU]
asweet,softfoodmade bycookingfruitwithsugartopreserveit. It iseatenonbread:
果酱strawberry/raspberryjam草莓／覆盆子酱
jamsandwiches果酱三明治
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jelly
marmalade
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- Shewonfirstprizefor herraspberryjam at the Mitchellcountyfair.
- Gooseberries are used for makingpiesand jam.
- We wereservedsconeswithbutterand jam.
- Therecipeuses awholejarfulof jam.
- She hastoastwithraspberryjam forbreakfast.
Jams & spreads
- apple butter
- confiture
- conserve
- filling
- gianduja
- golden syrup
- honey
- jelly
- lekvar
- lemon butter
- lemon curd
- manuka
- marmalade
- membrillo
- nut butter
- PB&J
- peanut butter
- preserve
- quince paste
- spread
jamnoun(ON A ROAD)
B2[C]
→traffic jam:
交通堵塞（同 traffic jam）We werestuckin a jam for twohours.我们堵车堵了两个小时。
On the road: traffic jams
- back
- backsomeoneup
- backed up
- bottleneck
- congested
- congestion
- gridlocked
- high-traffic
- rasta roko
- rush hour
- snarl-up
- sock
- socksomething/someonein (with sb)
- tail
- tail back
- tailback
- traffic
- traffic calming
- traffic jam
jamnoun(BLOCK)
C1[C]
something that isstuckin amachine, or thatpreventsthepartsof amachinefrommoving:
堵在机器中的东西；让机器部件无法运动的东西Shefedthedocumentsinto themachinemakingsurethat there were nopaperjams.她把文件送进机器，确保没有纸张把机器卡住。
Closing and blocking
- barricade
- batten
- batten down the hatchesidiom
- be snowed upidiom
- blocksomethingoff
- bung
- choke
- closet
- congest
- cork
- dam
- damsomethingup
- fur
- sealsomethingin
- sealsomethingoff
- self-seal
- self-sealing
- shut
- silt
- the darkest hour is just before the dawnidiom
jamnoun(DIFFICULT SITUATION)
[S]informal
adifficultsituation:
困境，窘境I'm in a jam - could youlendme somemoneytill nextweek?我手头有点儿紧——你能借我点钱到下周再还吗？
How are we going to get ourselves out of this jam?我们如何才能摆脱这一困境？
Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
- a hard/tough row to hoeidiom
- abyss
- adversity
- atyourworstidiom
- Augean
- bad hair day
- emergence
- epidemic
- genie
- half nelson
- hardness
- have a bumpy rideidiom
- quicksand
- rabbit hole
- reversal
- rigour
- rollercoaster
- strait
- the Augean Stablesidiom
- the hard wayidiom
jamnoun(NO SPACE)
[S]
asituationin which a lot ofpeopleare in asmallspace:
拥挤；堵塞It's arealjam inside - it took me tenminutesto get to thebar.里面太拥挤了——我用了10分钟才挤到吧台。
Full
- alive
- alive withsomethingidiom
- awash
- be a rich seam to mineidiom
- be riddled withsomethingidiom
- bristle
- burst
- congested
- cramped
- crowded
- flat chat
- heaping
- heaving
- replete
- ridden
- riddled
- rife
- sardine
- seam
- teem
Idioms
jam tomorrow
what more do you want - jam on it?
jam
verb
uk/dʒæm/us/dʒæm/-mm-jamverb(STICK)
C1[IorT]
to be, or make something,unabletomove:
（使）轧住；（使）卡住Thedoorjammed behind me and I couldn't get out.我进来后门随即卡住了，我出不去了。
[+ obj + adj]He jammed thewindowopenwith apieceofwood.他将窗户打开，用一块木头卡住。
[T]
tostopradiosignalsfromreachingthepeoplewhowanttoreceivethem:
干扰（无线电信号）Foreignradiobroadcastswereregularlyjammed.外国的无线电广播经常受到干扰。
Immobility
- anti-jamming
- be locked insomething
- boxed in
- budge
- cataleptic
- hold
- immobilization
- immovable
- jammed
- lifelessly
- lock
- motionless
- rest
- standing
- standstill
- static
- stationary
- stock-still
- time stands stillidiom
- transfixed
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Broadcasting: radio
Preventing and impeding
jamverb(MUSIC)
[I]
toplayjazzorrockmusicwith otherpeopleinformallywithoutplanningit orpractisingtogether
（与他人）即兴演奏爵士乐（或摇滚乐）Playing music
- accompaniment
- accompany
- air guitar
- beatsomethingout
- beatbox
- blow
- pick
- picksomeone/somethingout
- pitch
- play (something) by earidiom
- playability
- playable
- pump
- roof
- tap
- transpose
- transposition
- ultra-smooth
- vibe
- wah-wah
jamverb(PUSH)
[T+ adv/prep]
topushsomethingforcefullyor withdifficultyinto somethingelse:
把…塞入He jammed theboxesintothe back of thecar.他把箱子塞进汽车后面。
Inserting and forcing things into other things
- bed
- cram
- dig
- dig(something)intosomeone/something
- embed
- embedded
- gouge
- gouging
- insertion
- inset
- interlace
- interpolation
- interposition
- lodge
- reinsert
- reinsertion
- rethread
- shoehorn
- squash
- stuck
jamverb(FILL)
C1[T+ adv/prep]
tofillaplacecompletely:
把…完全填满Thecentreoftownwas jammedwithcarsmovingat a veryslowpace.镇中心堵满了车，移动缓慢。
Themotorwaywas jammedsolid(= thetrafficcould notmove)allmorning.整个上午高速公路都被堵得严严实实。
Filling and completing
- backfill
- box ticking
- brick
- brick upsomething
- brim
- fill
- gas
- overcrowd
- overrun
- pack
- packsomething/somewhereout
- permeate
- pervade
- round
- stuffing
- suffuse
- supersaturated
- takesomethingup
- tank
- tank up
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On the road: traffic jams
Idiom
jam on the brakes