snarl-up
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈsnarl-up noun [countable] British English 1. a confused situation that prevents work from continuing 混乱，纠缠2 TTCTTRa situation in which traffic is prevented from moving 交通堵塞 → congestion There was a big snarl-up on the M1. 一号高速公路上交通严重堵塞。
Examples from the Corpus
snarl-up• They're trying to untangle a snarl-up in editing.ˈsnarl-up nounChineseSyllable
continuing that prevents from work a confused situation Corpus
snarl-up
ˈsnarl-up
noun [countable] British English
1. a confused situation that prevents work from continuing
2. a situation in which traffic is prevented from moving ⇨ congestion:
There was a big snarl-up on the M1.
ˈsnarl-up
noun [countable] British English1. a confused situation that prevents work from continuing
2. a situation in which traffic is prevented from moving ⇨ congestion: