/ˈbæklɒg ||; ˈbækˌlɑg/noun [C] [usu.sing] an amount of work, etc that has not yet been done and should have been done already 积压的工作等: Because I've been off sick, I've got a backlog of work to catch up on. 我生病没有上班，因此有很多耽搁下来的工作要赶完。