交通堵塞 — meaning in English

English meaning

• bottleneck noun A point where a process, road, or system narrows and slows everything passing through it.
• congestion noun A build-up of traffic, or the blockage this causes.
• gridlock noun A traffic jam so severe that vehicles cannot move in any direction; also used for a complete standstill in progress or negotiations.

Senses

交通堵塞 is used for these senses in English:

• bottleneck (figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
• congestion An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.
• gridlock (road transport) A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.
• logjam (figuratively) A clog or such jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress.
• tailback (UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A line of motor vehicles causing or the result of traffic congestion or a traffic jam.
• traffic jam A situation in which road traffic accumulates until it is stationary or very slow.

congestion — full definition

1. noun A build-up of traffic, or the blockage this causes.
2. noun A blockage of mucus or fluid in the airways, such as a stuffy nose or chest.
3. noun Swelling caused by fluid build-up in body tissue.