backed up
adjective[after verb]
uk/ˌbækt ˈʌp/us/ˌbækt ˈʌp/Iftrafficisbackedup, thevehicleshave towaitin alonglinebecause there are too many of them:
堵车的Thetrafficisbackedup for sixmileson theroadto thecoast.交通堵塞长达6英里,一直堵到海边。
On the road: traffic jams
- back
- backsomeoneup
- bottleneck
- bumper
- congestion
- gridlocked
- high-traffic
- jam
- low-traffic
- rush hour
- snarl-up
- snarled up
- sock
- socksomething/someonein (with sb)
- tail back
- tailback
- traffic
- traffic calming
- traffic jam