1 all the vehicles that are on a road at a particular time 路上的车辆:
heavy/light traffic路上车辆很多╱不多We got stuck in traffic and were late for the meeting.我们因交通阻塞,开会迟到了。
2 the movement of ships, aircraft, etc 水上交通;空中交通:
air traffic control空中交通管制
3traffic (in sth) the illegal buying and selling of sth 非法买卖:
the traffic in drugs/firearms非法买卖毒品╱枪械
trafficverb [I] (present participletrafficking;past tensepast participletrafficked)traffic (in sth)He was arrested for trafficking in drugs.他因贩毒而被捕。 ➔traffickernoun [C]:
a drugs trafficker毒品贩子
traffic/ˋtræfIk; ˈtræfIk/n [U]1 the vehicles moving along a road 路上行驶的车辆﹐交通: There was heavy traffic (=a lot of vehicles) on the motorway. 高速公路上交通繁忙。We left early to avoid the traffic (=not meet a lot of other vehicles). 我们早早出发﹐好避开塞车。get caught/stuck in traffic (=be delayed by a lot of vehicles on the road) 遇到塞车a traffic accident 交通事故2 the movement of planes, ships etc from one place to another〔飞机﹑船等的〕来往﹐交通: air traffic control 空中交通管制3 the buying and selling of illegal drugs, weapons etc〔毒品﹑武器等的〕非法买卖﹐非法交易
traffictraffictrafficstraffickedtraffickingnoun (no plural)all the cars and other vehicles that are on a road: There was a lot of traffic on the way to work this morning.