单词 | traffic |
释义 | traffic —trafficker, n. —trafficless, adj. /traf"ik/, n. , v. , trafficked, trafficking. n. 1. the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.: the heavy traffic on Main Street. 2. the vehicles, persons, etc., moving in an area, along a street, etc. 3. the transportation of goods for the purpose of trade, by sea, land, or air: ships of traffic. 4. trade; buying and selling; commercial dealings. 5. trade between different countries or places; commerce. 6. the business done by a railroad or other carrier in the transportation of freight or passengers. 7. the aggregate of freight, passengers, telephone or telegraph messages, etc., handled, esp. in a given period. 8. communication, dealings, or contact between persons or groups: traffic between the Democrats and the Republicans. 9. mutual exchange or communication: traffic in ideas. 10. trade in some specific commodity or service, often of an illegal nature: the vast traffic in narcotics. v.i. 11. to carry on traffic, trade, or commercial dealings. 12. to trade or deal in a specific commodity or service, often of an illegal nature (usually fol. by in): to traffic in opium. [1495-1505; earlier traffyk < MF trafique (n.), trafiquer (v.) < It traffico (n.), trafficare (v.), of disputed orig.] Syn. 4. See trade. |
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