| 单词 | traffic |
| 释义 | traffictrafficstraffictraffic /ˈtræfɪk/ noun [uncountable]1the vehicles moving along a road: On Sundays, there’s usually less traffic on the roads.littleroad星期天，路上车辆通常较少。Come on – we’re holding up the traffic.hold快——我们阻塞交通了。2the movement of planes, ships etc from one place to another: air traffic control空中交通管制3the buying and selling of illegal drugs, weapons etcCOLLOCATIONS: trafficverbsto be stuck in traffic (also to be held up in traffic)I was stuck in traffic on the motorway for hours.bestickhourto avoid/miss the trafficWe should leave early to avoid the traffic.shalltraffic is diverted (=made to go in another direction)The traffic was diverted because of flooding.bedivertfloodtypes of trafficheavy/light traffic (=a lot of vehicles/not many vehicles)Heavy traffic made the journey very slow.makeIt was early and the traffic was still light.beberush-hour traffic (=traffic at the time when a lot of people are going to or from work)We got stuck in rush-hour traffic.getstickbad/terrible trafficThe traffic is really bad in town today.beslow traffic (=moving slowly)The traffic at this time of day is always very slow.beoncoming traffic (=traffic coming towards you)A steady stream of oncoming traffic made it impossible to pass the car in front.makenoun + traffica stream of traffic (=a long continuous series of cars, trucks etc)I was moving slowly forwards in a steady stream of traffic.bemoveforwardthe volume of traffic (=the number of vehicles)The new road will reduce the volume of traffic through the village.traffic + nouna traffic jam (=a line of cars that have stopped, or are moving very slowly)I was sitting in a traffic jam for 45 minutes.besitminutea traffic accidentWe are getting reports of a bad traffic accident near exit 22.begetreporttraffic congestion (=when the roads are full of traffic)Traffic congestion will only get worse.illtraffic noiseSome people can’t sleep if there is traffic noise at night.be |
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