单词 | traffic congestion |
释义 | > as lemmastraffic congestion (b) With the sense ‘of or relating to the flow or movement of vehicles, people, information, etc., to and fro along a route, or to the vehicles, people, information, etc., moving to and fro’ (see branch II.), as in traffic congestion, traffic flow, traffic noise, traffic stream, etc.Recorded earliest in traffic return n. at Compounds 2 (?1832). ΚΠ ?1832 P. Lecount (title) General results of the traffic returns, &c. between London and Birmingham for one year. 1850 Railway Rec. 2 Mar. 154/3 The question before the meeting was not the traffic value of the line between Askerne and York. 1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge ix, in Graphic 23 Jan. 103/1 They..entered..by the back way or traffic entrance. 1922 Amer. Mag. Dec. 165/2 The promptness with which the traffic stream is stopped. 1930 Act 20 & 21 Geo. V c. 43 §62 The Minister may..vary the provisions.., either by altering the limits of any existing traffic area or by increasing or reducing the number of traffic areas. 1940 R. S. Lambert Ariel & all his Quality vi. 146 Broadcasting House..is responsible for a big inward and outward traffic flow; yet there is nowhere to park a car. 1971 ‘G. Black’ Time for Pirates vii. 112 I..paused to listen, hearing nothing but traffic noises. 1981 H. R. F. Keating Go West, Inspector Ghote xiii. 155 The monster car, slipping easily from one traffic stream to another. 2006 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 22 Feb. 10/5 Schools have been urged to stagger their start times to avoid traffic congestion. < as lemmas |
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