English Dictionary

gridlock

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɡɹɪdˌlɒk/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 広義 比喩的用法

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.

日本語の意味

交差点などで車両が互いに干渉し合い、全体的な交通の流れが停止している状態。 / 全体的な交通渋滞、すべての車両が詰まり合って動けなくなっている状況。 / 都市部や高速道路で、互いにブロックし合い、誰も進むことができない行き詰まり状態。

A sudden surge of commuters after the game created gridlock on every major avenue, and no vehicle could move for nearly an hour.

試合後に急増した通勤客の流入で主要な大通りが完全に交通麻痺に陥り、車両はほとんど1時間動けなかった。

意味（1）

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.

意味（2）

On a smaller scale: the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock.

意味（3）

(figuratively, by extension) any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.

gridlocks （ plural ）