| 主要翻译 |
| bottleneck nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | figurative (overcrowding in narrow area) | 拥堵的区域 yōng dǔ de qū yù |
| | The new road's expected to ease the bottleneck on Springer Street. |
| bottleneck nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (guitar device) (吉他) | 圆颈
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| | Eddie slid the bottleneck up and down the fingerboard of his guitar. |
| bottleneck n as adjnoun as adjective: Describes another noun--for example, "boat race," "dogfood." | (music: slide guitar technique) (吉他的) | 瓶颈压弦滑奏法的 píng jǐng yā xián huá zòu fǎ de |
| | Nora loves blues music and plays bottleneck guitar. |
| bottleneck⇒ viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | figurative (become narrower or obstructed) | 变窄 biàn zhǎi |
| | | 变细 biàn xì |
| | The process bottlenecks in this department because it has a staff shortage. |