traffic
UK/'træfɪk/US/'træfik/
NGSL 2kIELTSTOEFLA2
Definitions
n.
Vehicles or people moving along roads.
交通；车流。
n.
The (often illegal) trade or movement of goods.
（常指非法的）买卖，贩运。
v.
To deal or trade in something illegal.
非法买卖；贩运。
Root Breakdown
LoanwordProbably from Italian trafficare, where the second part traces to Latin facere ('to do, carry on business'); the first part is uncertain (possibly trans-, 'across'). Originally 'to carry on trade' — the buying and selling sense came first. Only later did traffic come to mean the movement of vehicles, the road-version of things 'going back and forth.'
Root fac still carries 273 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.heavy traffic严重的交通拥堵
- 2.traffic jam交通堵塞
- 3.traffic flow车流量
- 4.drug traffic毒品贩运
- 5.traffic light红绿灯
Example Sentences
- 1.
We got stuck in heavy traffic on the way home.
- 2.
Police are cracking down on drug traffic.
- 3.
They were charged with trafficking weapons.