1.Whereas when we are asleep, they work very, very hard at removing all the waste that builds up when we are awake.
build up (交通)阻塞,(交通)越来越拥挤,(车辆)拥挤起来;(用砖等)堵塞(门、窗等):
During the summer holidays,traffic builds up along the roads to the coast.
每到暑假,在去海滨的路上车辆就拥挤起来 。
The doorway in the west side was built up by the neighbour's house.
西面的门口被邻居的房子阻塞了 。