traffic

英 [ˈtræfɪk]

美 [ˈtræfɪk]

n. 路上行驶的车辆; 交通; (沿固定路线的)航行，行驶，飞行; 运输; 人流; 货流
v. 用…作交换; 在…通行; 交易; 买卖

现在分词：trafficking　过去式：trafficked　第三人称单数：traffics　过去分词：trafficked　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1423 / COCA.1712

短语用例

traffic in sth

noun

路上行驶的车辆；交通
the vehicles that are on a road at a particular time
1. heavy/rush-hour traffic
  繁忙的 / 高峰时刻的交通
2. local/through traffic
  当地 / 过境车辆
3. There's always a lot of traffic at this time of day.
  每天这个时候总是有很多来往车辆。
4. They were stuck in traffic and missed their flight.
  他们遇到了塞车，没赶上班机。
5. a plan to reduce traffic congestion
  减少交通拥塞的计划
6. traffic police (= who control traffic on a road or stop drivers who are breaking the law)
  交通警察
7. The delay is due simply to the volume of traffic .
  延误完全是因为交通拥挤。
（沿固定路线的）航行，行驶，飞行
the movement of ships, trains, aircraft, etc. along a particular route
1. transatlantic traffic
  横渡大西洋的航行
2. air traffic control
  空中交通管制
运输；人流；货流
the movement of people or goods from one place to another
1. commuter/freight/passenger traffic
  市郊间上下班运输；货 / 客运
2. the traffic of goods between one country and another
  一国与另一国间的货物运输
信息流量；通信（量）
the movement of messages and signals through an electronic communication system
1. the computer servers that manage global Internet traffic
  管理全球互联网通信的计算机服务器
（非法的）交易，买卖
illegal trade in sth
1. the traffic in firearms
  非法军火交易

verb

See also:There was heavy traffic on the roads...Traffic was unusually light for that time of day....the problems of city life, such as traffic congestion.traffic jam
See also:Air traffic had returned to normal...The railways will carry a far higher proportion of freight traffic...The ferries can cope with the traffic of both goods and passengers.air traffic control
N-UNCOUNT (毒品、赃物等的)非法买卖，非法交易
Traffic insomething such as drugs or stolen goods is an illegal trade in them.
1. Traffic in illicit drugs was now worth some 500 thousand million dollars a year.
  如今每年非法毒品的交易值约在 5,000 亿美元。
VERB 非法买卖(毒品、赃物等)
Someone whotraffics insomething such as drugs or stolen goods buys and sells them even though it is illegal to do so.
1. The president said illegal drugs are hurting the entire world and anyone who traffics in them should be brought to justice.
  总统称毒品正在危害整个世界，任何非法贩卖毒品的人都应依法受到惩处。

noun

social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with')
Synonym:dealings
buying and selling
the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time
1. heavy traffic overloaded the trunk lines
2. traffic on the internet is lightest during the night
the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time

verb

French air traffic controllers have begun a three-day strike in a dispute over pay
法国空中交通管制员因为薪资纠纷已开始了为期3天的罢工。
Despite the efforts of the United Nations, the problem of drug traffic continues to grow
尽管联合国作了努力，贩毒问题仍变得越来越严重。
The car had apparently hit a traffic sign before skidding out of control
汽车显然是撞上了一个交通标志牌后打滑失控的。
Just past the Barlby roundabout there's temporary traffic lights.
在刚过巴尔比环岛的地方，有一个临时红绿灯。
Heavy traffic blocked the road.
拥挤的车辆阻塞了道路。
Building more motorways and bypasses will help the environment by reducing pollution and traffic jams in towns and cities
建造更多的高速公路和绕城道路能够减少城镇中的污染和交通堵塞，有利于改善环境。
Visibility at the city's airport came down to zero, bringing air traffic to a standstill.
该市机场的能见度降为零，空中交通陷入了停顿。
Coordinating airline traffic on the ground is as complicated as managing the traffic in the air.
协调地面的航空交通与管理空中交通一样复杂。
The volume of scheduled flights is straining the air traffic control system
定期航班的数量正让空中交通指挥系统不堪重负。
The railways will carry a far higher proportion of freight traffic
铁路将承担比例高得多的货运量。