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

Traffic was unusually light for that time of day.
对于一天中的那个时间段而言，来往车辆少得有些不寻常。
The traffic accident was allegedly due to negligence.
这次车祸据说是由于疏忽造成的。
This section of the road is so norrow that there are bound to be traffic jams now and then.
这段路太窄，交通有时不免堵塞。
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。
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。
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。
There was heavy traffic on the roads
道路上车流拥挤。
The ferries can cope with the traffic of both goods and passengers.
货运与客运渡船都可应付。
Heavy traffic blocked the road.
拥挤的车辆阻塞了道路。
They have to wait for clearance from air traffic control.
他们需要等空中交通管制人员的放行。