press, jam, squeeze, compress, squash

名詞 jam:

1. preserve of crushed fruit
2. informal terms for a difficult situation
   同義詞：fix, hole, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish
3. a dense crowd of people
   同義詞：crush, press
4. deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
   同義詞：jamming, electronic jamming

動詞 jam:

1. press tightly together or cram
   同義詞：throng, mob, pack, pile
2. push down forcibly
3. crush or bruise
   同義詞：crush
4. interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
   同義詞：block
5. get stuck and immobilized
6. crowd or pack to capacity
   同義詞：jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad
7. block passage through
   同義詞：obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, block, close up

1. The key turned halfway and then jammed.
   鑰匙轉(zhuǎn)了一半就卡住了。
2. How am I going to get out of this jam?
   我怎樣才能擺脫困境呢？
3. The holiday traffic is jamming the roads.
   假日的車輛堵塞了交通。
4. He spread some apple jam on the bread.
   他在面包上涂上蘋果醬。
5. The government tried to jam the guerrillas' telecommunication.
   政府設法干擾游擊隊的無線電通訊。
6. Traffic jams in the town happen everyday.
   城里的交通天天堵塞。

jam

v.（動詞）
jammed,jam.ming,jams
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To drive or wedge forcibly into a tight position:
壓緊：用力壓或擠至緊的位置：
例句：
jammed the cork in the bottle.
將軟木塞壓入瓶子

To activate or apply suddenly:
突然制動：突然制動或使用：
例句：
jam the brakes on.
突然剎車

To cause (moving parts, for example) to lock into an unworkable position:
使…卡住，使…故障：使（如移動部分）卡住造成不可工作的狀態(tài)：
例句：
jammed the typewriter keys.
打字機的按鍵卡住了

To pack (items, for example) to excess; cram:
塞入：把（東西）擠塞在一起；擠入：
例句：
jammed my clothes into the suitcase.
把我的衣服塞進行李箱

To fill (something) to excess:
把…塞滿：
例句：
a suitcase that had been jammed with clothes.
一只塞滿了衣服的行李箱

To block, congest, or clog:
阻塞，塞滿，堆滿：
例句：
a drain that was jammed by debris.
被殘余物阻塞的下水道

To crush or bruise:
擠傷，夾傷：
例句：
jam a finger.
夾傷手指

Electronics To interfere with or prevent the clear reception of (broadcast signals) by electronic means.
【電子學】 干擾：用電子的方式干擾或阻止（無線電信號）的清晰接收
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To become wedged or stuck.
嵌住，卡住
To become inoperable:
故障：變得不能運作：
例句：
a typewriter keyboard that had jammed.
發(fā)生鼓掌的打字機鍵盤

To force one`s way into or through a limited space.
擠入，塞入：擠入或穿過一個有限的空間
Music To play improvisations.
【音樂】 即興演奏
n.（名詞）
The act of jamming or the condition of being jammed.
擁擠：擁擠的行為或被擁擠的狀況
A crush or congestion of people or things in a limited space:
阻塞：人或事物在有限的空間之內(nèi)擁擠或擁塞：
例句：
a traffic jam.
交通阻塞

A trying situation; a predicament.See Synonyms at predicament
窘境：困難的處境；困境參見 predicament

來源：
[Origin unknown]
[來源不明]

【引伸】
jam.mable
adj.（形容詞）
jam.mer
n.（名詞）

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jam
jam 2

n.（名詞）
A preserve made from whole fruit boiled to a pulp with sugar.
果醬：由整個的水果與糖熬制成醬而貯存起來的物質(zhì)

來源：
Possibly from jam
可能源自 jam

【引伸】
jam.my
adj.（形容詞）