| 单词 | traffic |
| 释义 | traffic traffic // noun, verb
■ noun [U]
FOOT TRAFFIC, PAGE TRAFFIC, STORE TRAFFIC
1 the vehicles that are on a road at a particular time: I leave work early to avoid the rush-hour traffic. The road was built to ease traffic congestion in the city. I got stuck in traffic and missed my flight. Cameras monitor traffic flow in the town centre.
❖ heavy/light/rush-hour traffic
2 the movement of ships, trains, aircraft, etc. along a particular route: transatlantic traffic air traffic control/controllers
❖ air/rail/sea traffic ◆ domestic/international traffic
3 the movement of people or goods from one place to another: the traffic of goods between one country and another
❖ business/commuter/passenger traffic ◆ cargo/container/freight traffic
4 (Marketing ) the number of people who come to a place or use a service in a particular period: We used our website to drive traffic to our stores. They launched a campaign to increase customer traffic in their stores.
❖ customer/mall/shopper/store/walk-in traffic
5 (IT ) information that travels across a computer system in a particular period
❖ data/email/Internet/network/voice traffic
6 illegal trade in sth: traffic in drugs
■ verb (-ck-)
PHRASAL VERBS
traffic in sth to buy and sell sth illegally: to traffic in drugs/arms
trafficker noun [C]: arms traffickers
trafficking noun [U]: the fight against human trafficking (= illegally bringing people into a country) |
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