Traffic jam

Hi Anon,

a long line of vehicles on a road that cannot move or can only move very slowly:

We were stuck in a traffic jam for two hours.

Regards,

Iman

And "gridlock" is tantamount to it.

traffic jam that means have many many vechiles on the road ,and the vechiles move meter and meter,much slowly,you will be hurry when you have some thing urgent,but you can do nothing ,just waiting in the line and standy in your vechile,can not go anywhere.i hate traffic jam ,but i met such situation everyday when i was on the way of go to office.sometime i was late to arrive office and my boss sho

Well, 'traffic' are cars, trucks, bicyles,... anything used to carry people that moves on the road.

'jam' is the sticky food you often use to eat with your bread.

So traffic jammeans when cars are sticked on the road like jam and cannot move. Agree?

Dave SparrowSo traffic jam means when cars are sticked on the road like jam and cannot move. Agree?

No!!! Traffic jam is cars that are stuckon the road like jam and cannot move.

Thanks a lot, Mr CalifJim. I'll pay more attention to my vocabulary.

Dave SparrowWell, 'traffic' are cars, trucks, bicyles,... anything used to carry people that moves on the road.'

jam' is the sticky food you often use to eat with your bread.

So traffic jam means when cars are sticked on the road like jam and cannot move. Agree?

No, "traffic jam' has nothing to do with the jam you can put on your bread

You're right, canadian45. [Y] Thanks for your explanation. But my answer is still a good one to understand, isn't it?

Dave SparrowYou're right, canadian45. Thanks for your explanation. But my answer is still a good one to understand, isn't it?

Your answer has too much to do with the jam that we eat. In a traffic jam, traffic moves very very slowly because there are too many cars on the road or because there is something preventing the cars from proceeding normally, such as a