Stuffed-up describes the feeling when a cold has blocked your nose, so air will not pass through properly and you have to breathe through your mouth. It also affects how you sound — a stuffed-up voice is that flat, thick voice everyone recognises as 'she has a cold'. You can use it about the person or about the nose: 'I'm all stuffed-up today' and 'my nose is stuffed-up' both work.

Stuffed-up stuffed-up describes the feeling描述的是這種感覺： when a cold has blocked your nose感冒把你的鼻子塞住了， so所以 air will not pass through properly空氣沒辦法順暢通過， and而 you have to breathe through your mouth你得用嘴巴呼吸。 It它 also affects how you sound也會影響你講話的聲音 —— a stuffed-up voice鼻塞的聲音 is that flat, thick voice就是那種扁扁、悶悶的聲音， everyone recognises as每個人都聽得出來 'she has a cold'「她感冒了」。 You你 can use it about可以用在 the person人身上 or about the nose或鼻子上： 'I'm all stuffed-up today.'「我今天整個鼻塞。」 and和 'my nose is stuffed-up.'「我的鼻子塞住了。」 both work兩種說法都可以。

It is informal, everyday spoken English, exactly what you say to a friend or a colleague. The medical word for the same thing is 'congested', which is what a doctor writes down; nobody says 'I am congested' at breakfast.

It它 is informal, everyday spoken English是非正式、日常的口語英文， exactly what you say to a friend or a colleague正是你會對朋友或同事說的話。 The medical word for the same thing同樣狀況的醫學用字 is是 'congested'「congested」， which而這 is what a doctor writes down是醫生會寫下來的字； nobody says沒有人會 'I am congested'在早餐時說「我congested」 at breakfast。

The picture behind it is the ordinary verb stuff — to pack something full. Your nose feels as though someone has packed it with cotton. That image is why the word feels so natural to native speakers even though nothing is really inside.

The picture behind it這個字背後的畫面 is就是 the ordinary verb stuff普通動詞stuff —— to pack something full把東西塞滿。 Your nose你的鼻子 feels as though感覺就像 someone has packed it with cotton有人往裡面塞滿了棉花。 That image這個畫面 is why就是為什麼 the word feels so natural to native speakers這個字對母語者來說感覺很自然的原因， even though即使 nothing is really inside裡面其實什麼都沒有。

American speakers often shorten it to 'stuffy' for the same idea — 'a stuffy nose'. Be careful, because 'stuffy' has other meanings too: a stuffy room is one with no fresh air, and a stuffy person is boringly formal. Only with 'nose' does stuffy mean blocked.

American speakers美國人 often shorten it常會把它簡化成 to 'stuffy'「stuffy」 for the same idea表示同樣的意思 —— 'a stuffy nose'「a stuffy nose」。 Be careful要小心， because因為 'stuffy'「stuffy」 has other meanings too還有別的意思： a stuffy room一個不通風的房間 is one with no fresh air就是沒有新鮮空氣的房間， and而 a stuffy person一個古板的人 is boringly formal是那種無趣又拘謹的人。 Only with 'nose'只有跟nose搭配時 does stuffy mean blocked stuffy才是塞住的意思。

Writing note: the hyphen is common but not fixed. You will see 'stuffed up' without it, especially after the verb: 'My nose is stuffed up.'

Writing note寫法上要注意： the hyphen連字號 is common but not fixed常見但不是固定要有。 You你 will see也會看到 'stuffed up'「stuffed up」 without it不加連字號的寫法， especially after the verb尤其是放在動詞後面時： 'My nose is stuffed up.'「我的鼻子塞住了。」