| 词汇 | rush-hour |
| 释义 | rush hour noun[ Cusually singular ] uk /ˈrʌʃ ˌaʊər/ us /ˈrʌʃ ˌaʊr/ B2 the busy part of the day when towns and cities are crowded, either in the morning when people are travelling to work, or in the evening when people are travelling home: （上下班）交通高峰时间，交通拥挤时间 rush hour traffic交通高峰时段的车流 On the road: traffic jams back back someone up backed up bottleneck bumper congested congestion gridlocked high-traffic jam rasta roko snarl-up sock sock something/someone in (with sb) tail back tailback traffic traffic calming traffic jam You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Days & times of day Working hours rush hour | American Dictionaryrush hour noun[ C ] us/ˈrʌʃ ˌoʊr/ one of the busy parts of the day, either when people are traveling to work in the morning or when they are traveling home from work in the evening: Take alternate routes during the morning rush hour. rush hour | Business Englishrush hour noun[ C,usually singular ] ukus one of the very busy times of the day on roads, trains, etc., in the morning when people are travelling to work and in the evening when people are going home: in the/during rush hourIt takes twice as long to drive to work during rush hour. The rush hour traffic was slow. Examples of rush hourrush hour The transport system has sufficient capacity on average but intermittently experiences rushhour complications. It was right around five-thirty, it was rushhour, and the platform was really crowded - almost impossible to move. For example, it is common sense that families with children in the 'rushhour of life' stand to benefit from a more relaxed view on the virtues of employment. Well, you can imagine what it gets like in the rushhour. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is also the reason for the snail's pace at which traffic normally moves in the rushhour. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English In the rushhour, it takes 40 minutes to do so and at other times it takes 25 minutes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The tranquillity of the countryside would be further eroded and the rushhour would become longer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But public transport is loaded to its full capacity already in the rushhour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At every period throughout that rushhour there would still be a considerable number of people standing in those trains. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is he aware that all services on that line are to disappear, except for those in the rushhour? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This will be at 7.37 am before the rushhour and will be of very limited help. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A city that lost its rushhour during the early 1980s recession was a city in trouble. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The rushhour demonstrates that daily, and evacuation information is not readily available to the public. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not talking about the rushhour; that can happen at any time of the day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There does not seem to be any rushhour, and there is huge unemployment, most of which seems to be in the public sector. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of rush hour These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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