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粘住：指用胶黏住或使之粘住。
阻塞：指因为杂质或粘性物质而导致管道或机械部件无法正常运行。
弄糟：指因为错误的操作或混乱而使事情变得混乱或无法正常进行。
gum up //
动词 to cover, dab, or stiffen with gum 用胶覆盖、轻涂或使变硬
stick together as if with gum
... gum on用胶黏合 gum together粘在一起 gum up粘住了 ...
... gum a stamp down 用胶水粘住邮票 gum up 搞糟;搞乱 up a gum tree 进退维谷 ...
But if they are wrong, an already crowded city will simply gum up.
但如果他们错了的话，这个已经拥挤的城市肯定会更糟糕。
Antibodies are proteins that stick onto a pathogen and gum up its works.
从化学成分上来讲，抗体属于一种蛋白质，它通过与病毒结合以阻断病毒的感染能力。
The hitch is that syngas from waste is full of tarry residue that tends to gum up the turbine.
问题是垃圾里产生的裂解气夹带着焦油残渣会堵塞涡轮设备。
The excess insulin triggers the liver to produce an overabundance of triglycerides, which gum up already-narrow arteries.
Whereas Europe employs regulations to gum up the gears of commerce, we use a tort bar.
Republicans brought motions to adjourn, motions to table other motions, anything to gum up the work.