congested

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con·ges·ted /kənˈdʒestɪd/ adjectiveadj

1 TTfull of traffic 交通拥挤的，车辆阻塞的

congested airspace

拥挤的空域

London’s roads are heavily congested (=very congested).

伦敦的马路非常拥挤。

2. HBMIa part of your body that is congested is very full of liquid, usually blood or mucus 〔身体某部位〕充血的，黏液阻塞的

—congestion/-'dʒestʃ ə n/ n[U]

traffic congestion

交通拥挤

Examples from the Corpus

congested• congested airports• With town centres increasingly congested and car-ownership rising fast, people were keen to shop outside town.• The tolls are likely to be restricted to particularly congested areas, and busy times such as rush hours.• Some of the highest property prices anywhere are in fume-ridden Manhattan and in cleaner but nevertheless congested central Tokyo.• Often looks rather besotted with a congested mottled and purple face; a bloated face but not oedema.• Less congested roads, he says, would increase his company's profits.• Similarly, congested seedlings will become thin and drawn, with soft, weak stems that eventually collapse from being forced.• Elimination: problems may manifest as constipation, fluid retention, congested skin, catarrh. 4.• Pedestrians picked their way across congested streets.• If drivers paid the true costs of road use, they might switch to less congested times, or make fewer journeys.

heavily congested• The roads to Bordeaux were heavily congested.

Origin congested

(1400-1500) Latin past participle of congerere “to bring together”, from com- ( → COM-) + gerere “to carry”

con·ges·ted adjectiveadj

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Syllable

Corpus

TOEFL BNC: 14407 COCA: 14602

congested

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION

VERBS

➤be擁擠

▸➤become, get變得擁擠

ADVERB

➤chronically, heavily, highly, severely, very長期擁擠；擠得厲害；極度擁擠；擁擠不堪；非常擁擠

◇one of the nation's most chronically congested airports該國擁堵歷史最長的機場之一

◇The roads to Lagos were heavily congested.通往拉各斯的道路非常擁擠。

➤increasingly愈發擁擠

◇controllers trying to manage increasingly congested airports設法調控越來越擁擠的各機場的管理員

PREPOSITION

➤with擠滿⋯

◇The city streets were congested with vehicles.市內的街道車輛擁擠。

TOEFL BNC: 14407 COCA: 14602

congested adj.
⇨ full

TOEFL BNC: 14407 COCA: 14602

congested

Full of people or things: full, crowded, packed...

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