snarl-up 塞車、交通堵塞｜字脈

核心畫面

Picture a line of cars that have pushed into each other's space until none of them can move: not slow, but . Nobody gets out until the knot is worked loose. Both uses of snarl-up are that knot — once made of vehicles on a road, once made of orders, dates and paperwork in an office.

可以想成一排車互相擠進彼此的空間，最後誰也動不了。重點不是慢，是打成了一個結。要有人把這個結拆開，後面的車才走得掉。…更多收起

可以想成一排車互相擠進彼此的空間，最後誰也動不了。重點不是慢，是打成了一個結。要有人把這個結拆開，後面的車才走得掉。snarl-up 的兩個用法都是這個結。一次是路上的車打結，一次是辦公室裡的訂單、日期、文件打結。畫面一樣：東西沒有不見，只是纏在一起，所以什麼都過不去。

One branch

卡住不動

兩個意思共用同一個「打結、過不去」的畫面，只差在打結的是車還是事情。

noun · C1

A place on a road where traffic has stopped or can only crawl, because too many vehicles are trying to use the same road or because of an accident or roadworks. The source marks this word as British, Australian and New Zealand English; elsewhere people usually say traffic jam.

塞車、交通堵塞