| 词组 | snarl up |
| 释义 | snarl up 1. snarl up • snarl up sth if traffic snarls up or is snarled up, the cars cannot move freely because the road is blocked or too busy: ▪ The traffic was snarled up at the next junction. ▪ Drivers were swearing as they got snarled up in the midday Cairo traffic. snarl-up n C when traffic cannot move freely because the road is blocked or there are too many cars: ▪ snarl-ups on roads out of Paris 2. snarl up • snarl up sth • snarl sth up if a system or process snarls up or is snarled up, it stops working because there is too much work to deal with: ▪ The huge number of cases has snarled up the court process. snarl-up n C when something such as an official process cannot work smoothly: ▪ delays caused by snarl-ups at the passport office 3. be snarled up to be caught in something such as a net, a mass of branches etc, and be unable move: ▪ Dolphins sometimes get snarled up in the nets. ■ SIMILAR TO: be caught (up) in |
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