bottleneck

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英語[編輯]

詞源[編輯]

bottle +‎ neck

發音[編輯]

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名詞[編輯]

bottleneck (複數 bottlenecks)

  1. 瓶頸
    1. (音樂) 將瓶頸的一部分放在手指上,作為吉他滑音使用
  2. (比喻義) 隘路
    • 1962 October, 「Talking of Trains: The collisions at Connington」, 出自 Modern Railways,頁號 232:
      "Permissive" working allows more than one train to be in a block section at one time but trains must be run at low speed in order to stop on sight behind the train in front. Such working is often authorised to allow freight trains to "bunch" together to await a path through a bottleneck instead of being strung out over several block sections, as would be necessary if absolute working were in force.
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    • 2020 12月 2, Andy Coward, 「New-look Reading is willing and able」, 出自 Rail,頁號s 58, 59:
      At one time, Reading was regarded as a notorious bottleneck in the rail network, almost incapable of managing the number of services that needed to pass through the station each day. [...]
      A road widening scheme at Cow Lane has also allowed two-way traffic to run beneath the railway for the first time, helping to remove a notorious road traffic bottleneck in the town.
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  3. (延伸) 耽誤阻礙
    It is easy to create entries; processing the paperwork is the bottleneck.
    創建條目很容易;處理文書工作是瓶頸
    The bottleneck in this computer program is the inefficient sorting process; we should replace it with a faster one.
    該電腦程序的瓶頸是排序過程效率低下;我們應該用速度更快的來替換它。

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動詞[編輯]

bottleneck (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 bottlenecks, 現在分詞 bottlenecking, 一般過去時及過去分詞 bottlenecked)

  1. (及物) 造成阻塞
    The merge bottlenecked the traffic every morning.
    車道合併導致每天早上交通都會擁堵
  2. (不及物) 形成阻塞
    The traffic bottlenecked at the merge every morning.
    車道合併處每天早上都會出現阻塞情況

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