traffic
n[U]
1 vehicles moving along a road or street 往來於街道的車輛; 交通
heavy/light traffic 往來車輛很多[不多]
There's usually a lot of traffic at this time of day. 每天在這段時間往來車輛都很多.
Traffic was brought to a standstill by the accident. 出了事故以後, 交通陷於停頓.
London-bound traffic is being diverted via Slough. 開往倫敦的車輛現繞道經過斯勞.
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a traffic accident 交通事故.2 movement of ships or aircraft along a route (船只或飛機沿航線的)航行
cross-channel traffic, ie ships crossing the English Channel 橫渡英吉利海峽的船只
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a threatened strike by air-traffic controllers 航空調度員揚言要進行的罷工.
3 number of people or amount of goods moved from one place to another by road, rail, sea or air (公路、 鐵路、 海上或空中人員或貨物的)流量
an increase in freight/goods/passenger traffic貨運[貨運/客運]量的增加
the profitable North Atlantictraffic 有利可圖的北大西洋運輸業務.
4 ~ (in sth) illegal or immoral trading 非法的或不道德的買賣
the traffic in drugs/arms/stolen goods 毒品[武器/贓物]的非法交易
the ,white `slave traffic 將婦女賣為娼妓的勾當. traffic, v (-ck-) [I, Ipr]
~ (in sth) trade, esp illegally or immorally 買賣(尤指在非法的或不道德的事物方面)
drug trafficking 毒品買賣
He trafficked in illicit liquor. 他做過買賣私酒的生意.
Before she had anchored, the men from the boats had climbed on board and the decks were son covered with colourful rugs from Persia, silks from India, copper coffee pots, and beautiful handmade silverware.