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单词 traffic
释义 traf·fic
I. \ˈtrafik, -fēk\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle French trafique, from Old Italian traffico, from trafficare
1.
 a. : commercial activity usually involving import and export trade
  < nurtured by land and water traffic, it grew into a commercial center — American Guide Series: Arkansas >
 b. : the activity of exchanging commodities by bartering or buying and selling
  < traffic with the Indians, exchanging jewelry for horses >
  < perishable and livestock traffic … consigned to other than morning markets — Farmer's Weekly (South Africa) >
  < middle classes … conducting the traffic by which they live — Agnes Repplier >
  < proud of his snug traffic in rich men's bonds, mortgages and deeds — Leo Marx >
 c. : illegal or disreputable usually commercial activity
  < a few such experiences sent him back to the narcotics traffic — Frank O'Leary >
  < traffic in honors … and pardons was incessant — T.B.Macaulay >
  < evidence of Red traffic in contraband arms — Wall Street Journal >
  < prohibit transportation in interstate commerce for the white slave trafficCongressional Record >
2.
 a. : communication or dealings between individuals or groups : intercourse, business
  < held that there was no traffic between the human and the divine — John Buchan >
  < realized for us in the three-hours traffic of the stage — J.I.M.Stewart >
  < don't want any more traffic with his sort >
  < for through our lively traffic all the day — W.H.Auden >
 b. : reciprocal giving and receiving : exchange
  < facilitate a lively traffic in ideas — F.L.Allen >
3.
 a. archaic : goods
  < you'll see a draggled damsel … her fishy traffic bear — John Gay >
 b. traffics plural : cargo
  < move bulk traffics over long distances at reasonable speeds — P.E.Garbutt >
4.
 a.
  (1) : the circulation (as of vehicles or pedestrians) through an area : passage to and fro
   < flooring … suitable for light trafficNational Fire Codes >
   < heavy lake traffic during the summer months >
  (2) : the flow of vehicles, pedestrians, ships, or planes (as along a street or sidewalk or air or sea lane)
   < will open a needed avenue … for passenger and freight traffic — M.M.Lilly & G.H.Kester >
   < the full flood of the Christmas traffic — Compton Mackenzie >
 b.
  (1) : the vehicles or pedestrians moving along a route
   < air and sea traffic will be notified — Science >
   < construction of the building attracted the interest of sidewalk traffic >
  (2) : the volume of vehicles or pedestrians moving along a route
   < engineers … who tabulate the traffic — A.W.Baum >
 c.
  (1) : the information or signals transmitted or received over a communications system : messages
   < made arrangements for an interchange of traffic with other lines — H.W.Faulkner >
  (2) : the flow of messages or signals through a communications system
   < radio traffic has stepped up enormously — Pat Frank >
 d. : the volume of customers visiting a business establishment
  < floor traffic in its showroom was up 60 percent — Newsweek >
5.
 a. : the number of passengers or amount of cargo carried by a transportation system
  < railroads handled more traffic than in the previous peak year — E.C.Helmreich >
  < oceangoing passenger trafficCurrent Biography >
 b. : the business of transporting passengers or freight
  < proposals … to get a proper share of international air traffic — C.H.Grattan >
  < plans for a resurrected river trafficAmerican Guide Series: Minnesota >
6. : traffic department

- the traffic will bear
II. \“, esp in pres part -fək\ verb
also traf·fick \“\
(traf·ficked ; trafficked ; trafficking ; traffics also trafficks)
Etymology: Middle French trafiquer, from Old Italian trafficare
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to engage in commercial activity : buy and sell regularly : trade
  < got my living for a while by … trafficking in rabbit skins — Augusta Gregory >
  < last of the impresarios … who trafficked in art in the grand manner — Bernard Simon >
 b. : to engage in illegal or disreputable business or activity
  < began to traffic in army promotions — Geoffrey Bruun >
2. : to carry on communication or negotiation : deal, bargain
 < will not traffic with the breakers of the peace — H.S.Truman >
 < convinced himself … the child was trafficking with bards, or druids, or witches — W.B.Yeats >
3. : to concentrate one's effort or interest : specialize
 < virtuoso soloists … continue to traffic in the well-worn favorites — Lawrence Morton >
 < characteristic of a medium which traffics in comedy extremes — Newsweek >
4. : to pass to and fro : wander
 < spilled out of their houses to laugh and traffic along its … streets — Lucy Embury >
transitive verb
1. : to journey over : travel
 < most heavily trafficked highway in the state — American Guide Series: Vermont >
 < venture to traffic them in the day, but few would risk such perilous thoroughfares by night — F.S.Merryweather >
2. : to make an exchange of : trade, barter
 < pies and cakes being trafficked back and forth across the street — Arthur Miller >
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