blocked

Thân thiện

The storm left many blocked roads in the town.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Obstructed; Closed Off: Describes something that has a physical barrier preventing passage or flow.
   • Inaccessible: Describes a route, path, or passage that is not open for use or travel.

Usage

• The word "blocked" is used to describe a state where movement, access, or flow is prevented by an obstacle.
• It is commonly used with nouns like road, street, pipe, drain, view, or artery.
• It often appears in passive constructions (e.g., "The road by a fallen tree").

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The storm was responsible for many blocked roads and bridges.
  • The drain was blocked with leaves.
  • My nose is blocked because of a cold.
  • The website is blocked in some countries.

Advanced Usage

• "to have a blocked [something]": To experience an obstruction in a part of the body or a system.
  • He went to the doctor because he had a blocked artery.
• "to feel blocked" (figurative): To feel unable to progress creatively or intellectually.
  • The writer felt blocked and couldn't finish the chapter.

Variants and Related Words

• Block (verb): To obstruct or prevent passage.
  • A large truck blocked the entrance.
• Blockage (noun): An obstruction.
  • The plumber cleared the blockage in the pipe.
• Unblock (verb): To remove an obstruction.
  • I used a plunger to unblock the sink.

Synonyms

• Obstructed: Having the way blocked.
• Plugged: Blocked, especially a hole or pipe.
• Clogged: Blocked with a thick or sticky substance.
• Closed (off): Not open for passage.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Block off: To place a barrier so people or things cannot enter an area.
  • The police blocked off the street after the accident.
• Block up: To fill a hole, pipe, or passage so that nothing can get through.
  • Leaves had blocked up the gutter.

Related Idioms

• A roadblock: Literally, a barrier set up to stop traffic; figuratively, an obstacle to progress.
  • Funding issues became a major roadblock for the project.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. completely obstructed or closed off
   • the storm was responsible for many blocked roads and bridges
   • the drain was plugged
2. closed to traffic
   • the repaving results in many blocked streets

Từ đồng nghĩa

• plugged
• out of use