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障礙,重物障礙,阻塞

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Clog \Clog\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clogged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Clogging}.]
   1. To encumber or load, especially with something that
      impedes motion; to hamper.

            The winds of birds were clogged with ace and snow.
                                                  --Dryden.

   2. To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke
      up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.

   3. To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.

            The commodities are clogged with impositions.
                                                  --Addison.

            You 'll rue the time That clogs me with this answer.
                                                  --Shak.

   Syn: Impede; hinder; obstruct; embarrass; burden; restrain;
        restrict.

Clog \Clog\, n. [OE. clogge clog, Scot. clag, n., a clot, v., to
   to obstruct, cover with mud or anything adhesive; prob. of
   the same origin as E. clay.]
   1. That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an
      encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.

            All the ancient, honest, juridical principles and
            institutions of England are so many clogs to check
            and retard the headlong course of violence and
            opression.                            --Burke.

   2. A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or
      an animal to hinder motion.

            As a dog . . . but chance breaks loose, And quits
            his clog.                             --Hudibras.

            A clog of lead was round my feet.     --Tennyson.

   3. A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet,
      or to increase the apparent stature, and having,
      therefore, a very thick sole. Cf. {Chopine}.

            In France the peasantry goes barefoot; and the
            middle sort . . . makes use of wooden clogs.
                                                  --Harvey.

   {Clog almanac}, a primitive kind of almanac or calendar,
      formerly used in England, made by cutting notches and
      figures on the four edges of a clog, or square piece of
      wood, brass, or bone; -- called also a {Runic staff}, from
      the Runic characters used in the numerical notation.

   {Clog dance}, a dance performed by a person wearing clogs, or
      thick-soled shoes.

   {Clog dancer}.

Clog \Clog\, v. i.
   1. To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with
      extraneous matter.

            In working through the bone, the teeth of the saw
            will begin to clog.                   --S. Sharp.

   2. To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass.

            Move it sometimes with a broom, that the seeds clog
            not together.                         --Evelyn.

資料來源 : WordNet®

clog
     n 1: footwear usually with wooden soles [syn: {geta}, {patten}, {sabot}]
     2: any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
     3: a dance performed while wearing clogs; has heavy stamping
        steps [syn: {clog dance}, {clog dancing}]
     [also: {clogging}, {clogged}]

clog
     v 1: become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our
          drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" [syn:
           {choke off}, {clog up}, {back up}, {congest}, {choke},
          {foul}] [ant: {unclog}]
     2: dance a clog dance
     3: impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden; "horses
        were clogged until they were tamed"
     4: impede with a clog or as if with a clog; "The market is
        being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is
        constipated today" [syn: {constipate}]
     5: coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots" [syn: {clot}]
     6: fill to excess so that function is impaired; "Fear clogged
        her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details"
        [syn: {overload}]
     [also: {clogging}, {clogged}]