congestion
congestion 英 [kənˈdʒestʃən] 美 [kənˈdʒestʃən]
n. 拥挤；阻塞；淤血
名词复数:congestions
- When a driver complains about congestion, she's talking about the cars that are backed up on the highway. When your sneezing friend complains about congestion, he's talking about his stuffed-up nose.
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- n. 拥挤；阻塞；淤血
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1. traffic congestion and pollution
交通拥塞和污染
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2. congestion of the lungs
肺瘀血
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3. medicine to relieve nasal congestion
治疗鼻塞的药
- congestion (n.) early 15c., "accumulation of morbid matter in the body," from Old French congestion (14c.) and directly from Latin congestionem (nominative congestio) "a heaping up," noun of action from past participle stem of congerere "to bring together, pile up," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + gerere "to carry, perform" (see gest). Medical sense "unnatural accumulation of fluid" is from 1630s; meaning "a crowding together of people, traffic, etc." is from 1883.
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