traffic

B2 · Upper Intermediate Uncountable noun Computing

n. the amount of data or the number of people visiting a website.

n. the volume of data, messages, or visitors moving through a computer network or website.

日本語:トラフィック※

“The website crashed because it received too much traffic after the advertisement.”

“Network administrators monitored the sudden spike in web traffic to ensure the servers could handle the increased load during the product launch.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Uncountable noun Law

n. the secret and illegal buying and selling of goods, like drugs or weapons.

n. the illicit exchange or commercial trade of prohibited goods or services.

“The government is trying to stop the illegal traffic of rare animals.”

“International agencies collaborated to dismantle the network responsible for the illicit traffic of stolen antiquities across the border.”

C1 · Advanced Law Formal

v. to buy or sell something illegally.

v. to engage in the illicit exchange of goods or people. Transitive when followed by an object.

“The gang was caught trying to traffic prohibited goods into the country.”

“The defendant was charged with conspiracy to traffic controlled substances across state lines over a three-year period.”

B1 · Intermediate Dialect

adj. used to describe a road that is full of cars and moving slowly.

adj. describing a state of heavy congestion or blocked movement on a roadway.

“We should leave early because the highway is always very traffic at this hour.”

“The driver warned us that the downtown area becomes incredibly traffic during the festival weekend.”