剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - bottleneck collapse

bottleneck
[UK]/'bɒt.l.nek/ [US]/'bɑ:.tˌl-/
noun [C]
* a place where a road becomes narrow, or a place where there is often a lot of traffic, causing the traffic to slow down or stop
狭窄路段，瓶颈路段；交通阻塞点

1. Roadworks are causing bottlenecks in the city centre.
道路施工导致市中心交通阻塞。

* a problem that delays progress
障碍；僵局

1. Is there any way of getting round this bureaucratic bottleneck?
有办法避开这种拖拉推诿的官僚作风吗？

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - bottleneck collapse

bottleneck
1.N-COUNT 可数名词瓶颈路段；狭窄路段；交通拥堵地段 A bottleneck is 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.
    2.N-COUNT 可数名词（阻碍进展的）瓶颈，障碍 A bottleneck is a situation that stops a process or activity from progressing.

    • 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。

    牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - bottleneck collapse

    bottleneck
    bottle·neck / 5bCtlnek; NAmE 5bB:tl- / noun1. a narrow or busy section of road where the traffic often gets slower and stops
       瓶颈路段,狭窄街道(常引起交通阻塞)
    2. anything that delays development or progress, particularly in business or industry
       (尤指工商业发展的)瓶颈,阻碍,障碍

    牛津英语同义词学习词典 - bottleneck collapse

    bottleneck noun
    ⇨ traffic

    新牛津英语同义词词典 - bottleneck collapse

    bottleneck

    noun
    cars were advised to avoid the bottleneck on Talbot Road
    CONSTRICTION , narrowing, restriction, obstruction, block, blockage, stoppage, jam, congestion;
    TRAFFIC JAM , hold-up, gridlock, queue, tailback; informal snarl-up.

    词源记忆 - bottleneck collapse

    bottleneck
      "narrow entrance, spot where traffic becomes congested," 1896; from bottle + neck. Meaning "Anything which obstructs a flow" is from 1928; so is the verb in this sense.