bottleneck
gb/bˈɑtəlnˌɛk/ us/bˈɑtəlnˌɛk/
B2
Engleză
szűk keresztmetszet, torlódási pont, palack nyaka, lelassít, szűk keresztmetszetet okoz
SUBSTANTIV
B2
1
Tipar de utilizare:
a bottleneck in [a process/system]; [something] creates/causes/removes a bottleneck
The approval stage has become the main bottleneck in the hiring process.
A jóváhagyási szakasz lett a felvételi folyamat fő szűk keresztmetszete.
Old database servers created a bottleneck for the entire website.
A régi adatbázis-szerverek jelentették az egész weboldal fő szűk keresztmetszetét.
The company hired more support staff to remove a major customer-service bottleneck.
Exemple pentru cursanți
Shipping is the bottleneck in our project.
A szállítás a projektünk szűk keresztmetszete.
One slow computer can be a bottleneck for the whole team.
Egy lassú számítógép az egész csapat számára szűk keresztmetszet lehet.
Greșeală frecventă:
Do not use it for any small problem; a bottleneck specifically slows the flow or progress of a larger system.
Sens
point that slows progress
Colocații
major bottleneck
|serious bottleneck
|main bottleneck
|create a bottleneck
|cause a bottleneck
|identify a bottleneck
|remove a bottleneck
|production bottleneck
|supply-chain bottleneck
|performance bottleneck
Sinonime
constraint (more general and often more formal; anything that limits action or capacity)
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choke point (emphasizes a narrow or overloaded point where flow is restricted)
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obstacle (broader; something that blocks progress, not necessarily by limiting flow)
Antonime
enabler (something that makes progress easier rather than slowing it)
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streamlined process (a process designed to move smoothly without delays)
Teme
business
|work
|technology
|logistics
|productivity
Definiție
the part of a process that makes the whole process slower
a point, step, person, or problem in a process or system that has too little capacity and slows everything else down
SUBSTANTIV
B2
2
Tipar de utilizare:
a bottleneck on/at [a road/place]
The bridge is a bottleneck during the morning commute.
A híd a reggeli ingázás idején szűk keresztmetszetet jelent.
Security screening became a bottleneck when several flights arrived at once.
A biztonsági ellenőrzés szűk keresztmetszetté vált, amikor egyszerre több járat érkezett.
The new lane should help ease the bottleneck near the tunnel.
Exemple pentru cursanți
This road is a bottleneck at 8 a.m.
Ez az út reggel nyolckor szűk keresztmetszet.
The small gate caused a bottleneck at the entrance.
A kis kapu szűk keresztmetszetet okozott a bejáratnál.
Greșeală frecventă:
A bottleneck is usually the place or cause of the delay; a traffic jam is the line of stopped or slow vehicles.
Sens
narrow congested place
Colocații
traffic bottleneck
|road bottleneck
|rush-hour bottleneck
|bridge bottleneck
|airport bottleneck
|border bottleneck
|create a bottleneck
|ease a bottleneck
|clear a bottleneck
|avoid a bottleneck
Sinonime
choke point (very close in meaning; often used for strategic or traffic-related narrow points)
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pinch point (often used in traffic or engineering contexts)
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constriction (more physical or technical; a narrowing)
Antonime
open stretch (a place where movement can continue freely)
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wide section (the opposite of a narrow point)
Teme
transport
|traffic
|urban_life
|logistics
Definiție
a place where movement becomes slow because the space is too narrow or too busy
a narrow or crowded place where traffic, people, goods, or other movement is forced to slow down or stop
SUBSTANTIV
B2
3
palack nyaka
A2
Tipar de utilizare:
the bottleneck of [a bottle]; around/through the bottleneck
She tied a ribbon around the bottleneck.
Szalagot kötött a palack nyakára.
The bottleneck was too narrow for the cleaning brush.
A palack nyaka túl keskeny volt a tisztítókeféhez.
A cork was stuck inside the bottleneck.
Exemple pentru cursanți
He held the bottle by the bottleneck.
A palackot a nyakánál fogta.
The bottleneck is very narrow.
A palack nyaka nagyon keskeny.
Greșeală frecventă:
In ordinary speech, people often say “the neck of the bottle” for this literal meaning.
Sens
narrow top of bottle
Colocații
narrow bottleneck
|long bottleneck
|glass bottleneck
|around the bottleneck
|through the bottleneck
|hold the bottleneck
Sinonime
neck (the usual everyday word for the narrow top part of a bottle)
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mouth (refers more specifically to the opening of the bottle)
Antonime
base (the bottom part of the bottle)
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body (the wider main part of the bottle)
Teme
objects
|containers
|daily_life
Definiție
the narrow part at the top of a bottle
the narrow upper part of a bottle, near the opening
VERB
C1
4
Tipar de utilizare:
[something] bottlenecks [a process/system]; [a process/system] is bottlenecked by/at [something]
A shortage of inspectors bottlenecked the construction schedule.
Az ellenőrhiány lelassította az építkezés ütemtervét.
Requests were bottlenecked at the review stage.
A kérelmek az ellenőrzési szakaszban akadtak el.
The narrow exit bottlenecked the crowd after the concert.
Exemple pentru cursanți
The slow printer bottlenecked the office work.
A lassú nyomtató lelassította az irodai munkát.
Our project was bottlenecked by one approval form.
A projektünket egyetlen jóváhagyási űrlap akasztotta meg.
Greșeală frecventă:
This verb is less common than the noun and is often used in the passive form, as in “The process is bottlenecked at the review stage.”
Sens
slow or restrict progress
Colocații
bottleneck production
|bottleneck traffic
|bottleneck performance
|bottleneck the process
|bottleneck the system
|be bottlenecked by
|be bottlenecked at
|get bottlenecked
Sinonime
constrain (more formal; limit what is possible)
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hold up (more informal; delay progress)
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slow down (more general and simpler; reduce speed)
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restrict (limit movement, amount, or progress)
Antonime
streamline (make a process smoother and faster)
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speed up (make something move or happen faster)
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facilitate (make progress easier)
Teme
business
|technology
|logistics
|transport
Definiție
to make a process or flow slower at one point
to slow or restrict the movement, progress, or capacity of something by creating a bottleneck
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
bottleneck
IPA
GB/bˈɑtəlnˌɛk/
US/bˈɑtəlnˌɛk/
Silabe și accent
bot - tle - neck (3 silabe)
Stress on 1st syllable (bot)
Forme ale cuvântului
Noun
- Base: bottleneck
- Plural: bottlenecks
Verb
- Base: bottleneck
- 3rd Person Singular: bottlenecks
- Present Participle: bottlenecking
- Past: bottlenecked
Expresii
bottleneck effect
1/bˈɑtəlnˌɛk ɪfˈɛkt/
fixed phrase
technical
reduced genetic diversity
a situation where many members of a species die, so the remaining population has less genetic variety
Exemple
- The island fox population shows signs of a bottleneck effect after a severe decline in the 1990s.
- Conservation biologists worry that the bottleneck effect can make a species more vulnerable to disease.
- A small founding population may produce a bottleneck effect even if the population later becomes large.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- The bottleneck effect can reduce genetic diversity.
- After many animals died, the species suffered a bottleneck effect.