traf‧fic 1 S1 W2 / træfɪk / 名词 [不可数名词]

1 the vehicles moving along a road or street :

There wasn’t much traffic on the roads.

The sound of the traffic kept me awake.

2 the movement of aircraft, ships, or trains from one place to another :

air traffic control

the problems of air traffic congestion in Europe

3 formal the movement of people or goods by aircraft, ships, or trains

traffic of

Most long-distance traffic of heavy goods is done by ships.

4 the secret buying and selling of illegal goods :

drugs traffic

traffic in

traffic in firearms

COLLOCATIONS

动词

be stuck/caught/held up in traffic Sorry I’m late – I was stuck in traffic.

avoid/miss the traffic I left early, hoping to miss the traffic.

cut/reduce traffic The congestion charge did cut road traffic in central London.

traffic moves/flows At last the traffic was moving again.

traffic is diverted (= made to go in another direction ) Traffic was diverted onto the A166 as emergency services cleared the wreckage

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + traffic

heavy We ran into heavy traffic near the airport.

light The traffic is fairly light at this time of day.

bad/terrible The traffic was terrible this morning.

slow/slow-moving Traffic’s very slow going out of New York.

rush-hour traffic I left early to try to miss the rush-hour traffic.

local traffic There is quite a lot of local traffic.

motorway traffic British English , freeway traffic AmE: As motorway traffic worsens, commuters may have to find other ways of getting to and from work.

oncoming traffic (= traffic coming towards you ) The driver, too busy watching oncoming traffic, doesn’t notice the pedestrian ahead.

traffic + NOUN

a traffic jam (= a line of cars that have stopped, or are moving very slowly ) She spent two hours sitting in a traffic jam.

traffic congestion (= when the roads are full of traffic ) efforts to cut traffic congestion

traffic flow (= the steady movement of traffic ) The road widening should help to improve traffic flow.

a traffic accident He’s been involved in a traffic accident.

the traffic police (= police dealing with traffic problems and illegal driving ) The teenagers got stopped by the local traffic police.

traffic noise You get a lot of traffic noise living here.

短语

the volume of traffic The new ring road will reduce the volume of traffic through the village.

a stream of traffic (= a long continuous series of cars, trucks etc ) There was a constant stream of traffic.

the roar/rumble/hum of traffic The only noise was the distant rumble of traffic on the coastal road.