rubberneck delay

Chinese translation: 因好奇驾车者慢下来看交通意外而引至的迟滞

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English term or phrase:rubberneck delay
Chinese translation:因好奇驾车者慢下来看交通意外而引至的迟滞
Entered by: TRANS4CHINA

00:34 Oct 2, 2009
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English term or phrase: rubberneck delay
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TRANS4CHINA
China
Local time: 02:25
因好奇驾车者慢下来看交通意外而引至的迟滞
Explanation:
This refers to drivers slowing down (and stretching their neck) to see what happened
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billychang
Local time: 13:25
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Thanks a million
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5 +1因好奇驾车者慢下来看交通意外而引至的迟滞
billychang
3耽搁交通
pkchan


  

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因好奇驾车者慢下来看交通意外而引至的迟滞


Explanation:
This refers to drivers slowing down (and stretching their neck) to see what happened

billychang
Local time: 13:25
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks a million

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  chica nueva: rubbernecker (also rubberneck) = (mainly US) a driver who drives more slowly to look at an accident, or a person who looks at something in a stupid way (Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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耽搁交通


Explanation:
rubberneck delay=curiosity slowdown=耽搁交通

pkchan
United States
Local time: 14:25
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Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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