traffic
n[U]
1 vehicles moving along a road or street 往来於街道的车辆; 交通
heavy/light traffic 往来车辆很多[不多]
There's usually a lot of traffic at this time of day. 每天在这段时间往来车辆都很多.
Traffic was brought to a standstill by the accident. 出了事故以後, 交通陷於停顿.
London-bound traffic is being diverted via Slough. 开往伦敦的车辆现绕道经过斯劳.
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a traffic accident 交通事故.2 movement of ships or aircraft along a route (船只或飞机沿航线的)航行
cross-channel traffic, ie ships crossing the English Channel 横渡英吉利海峡的船只
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a threatened strike by air-traffic controllers 航空调度员扬言要进行的罢工.
3 number of people or amount of goods moved from one place to another by road, rail, sea or air (公路、 铁路、 海上或空中人员或货物的)流量
an increase in freight/goods/passenger traffic货运[货运/客运]量的增加
the profitable North Atlantictraffic 有利可图的北大西洋运输业务.
4 ~ (in sth) illegal or immoral trading 非法的或不道德的买卖
the traffic in drugs/arms/stolen goods 毒品[武器/赃物]的非法交易
the ,white `slave traffic 将妇女卖为娼妓的勾当. traffic, v (-ck-) [I, Ipr]
~ (in sth) trade, esp illegally or immorally 买卖(尤指在非法的或不道德的事物方面)
drug trafficking 毒品买卖
He trafficked in illicit liquor. 他做过买卖私酒的生意.
But We tried very hard to adapt ourselves to the new environment.
但是我们尽量去适应新的环境。
Because of his actions, all Hindus were finally free to draw water from the same village well, to go to the same temple to pray and even marry each other.