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jam
果酱


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英语 > 中文
jam
     1. 名词. 果醬、扣篮
     2. 名词. 已经
英语 > 英语
jam
     1. n. A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts.
     2. n. A difficult situation.
     3. n. Blockage, congestion.
           A traffic jam caused us to miss the game's first period.
           a jam of logs in a river
     4. n. (popular music) An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.
     5. n. (by extension, informal) A song; a track.
     6. n. (by extension) An informal event where people brainstorm and collaborate on projects.
           We came up with some new ideas at the game jam.
     7. n. (baseball) A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team.
           He's in a jam now, having walked the bases loaded with the cleanup hitter coming to bat.
     8. n. (basketball) A forceful dunk.
     9. n. (roller derby) A play during which points can be scored.
           Toughie scored four points in that jam.
     10. n. (climbing) Any of several maneuvers requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space.
           I used a whole series of fist and foot jams in that crack.
     11. n. (slang) luck.
           He's got more jam than Waitrose.
     12. n. (slang) sexual relations or the contemplation of them.
     13. v. To get something stuck in a confined space.
           My foot got jammed in a gap between the rocks.
           Her poor little baby toe got jammed in the door.
           I jammed the top knuckle of my ring finger.
     14. v. To brusquely force something into a space; cram, squeeze.
           They temporarily stopped the gas tank leak by jamming a piece of taffy into the hole.
           The rush-hour train was jammed with commuters.
     15. v. To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up".
           A single accident can jam the roads for hours.
     16. v. To block or confuse a broadcast signal.
     17. v. (baseball) To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands.
           Jones was jammed by the pitch.
     18. v. (music) To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session).
     19. v. To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit's tip.
           When he tripped on the step he jammed his toe.
     20. v. (roller derby) To attempt to score points.
           Toughie jammed four times in the second period.
     21. v. (nautical) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
     22. v. (Canadian, informal) To give up on a date or some joint endeavour; stand up, chicken out, jam out.
     23. n. (dated) A kind of frock for children.
     24. n. (mining) alternative form of jamb
中文 > 英语
果酱
     1. Simplified form of 果醬

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You don't mind helping me out of a jam, if the price is right.
It should provide the jam for their eventual retirement.
When the traffic jam reaches paroxysm, volunteers will always emerge who, armed with a whistle and a stick, set themselves up as traffic controllers.
Blunt also seemed to have visions of ruling the roost in the art world, when he prophesied that, when the great upheaval took place, there would be jam for all.



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