bottleneck

英 [ˈbɒtlnek]

美 [ˈbɑːtlnek]

n.  瓶颈路段(常引起交通阻塞); (尤指工商业发展的)瓶颈，阻碍，障碍

复数：bottlenecks　现在分词：bottlenecking　过去式：bottlenecked　第三人称单数：bottlenecks　过去分词：bottlenecked　

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BNC.19722 / COCA.15429

牛津词典

noun

• 瓶颈路段（常引起交通阻塞）
  a narrow or busy section of road where the traffic often gets slower and stops
• （尤指工商业发展的）瓶颈，阻碍，障碍
  anything that delays development or progress, particularly in business or industry

柯林斯词典

• 瓶颈路段；狭窄路段；交通拥堵地段
  Abottleneckis a place where a road becomes narrow or where it meets another road so that the traffic slows down or stops, often causing traffic jams.
• N-COUNT （阻碍进展的）瓶颈，障碍
  Abottleneckis a situation that stops a process or activity from progressing.
  1. He pushed everyone full speed ahead until production hit a bottleneck.
     他催促所有人拼命干活，直到生产遭遇瓶颈。

英英释义

noun

• the narrow part of a bottle near the top
• a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
  Synonym:constrictionchokepoint

verb

• become narrow, like a bottleneck
  1. Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks
• slow down or impede by creating an obstruction
  1. His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system

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