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词汇 traffic-light
释义 traffic light
noun[ Cusually plural ]
uk /ˈtræf.ɪk ˌlaɪt/ us /ˈtræf.ɪk ˌlaɪt/(US alsostoplight)
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one of a set of red, yellow, and green lights that control the movement of vehicles, usually at a point where two or more roads join: 红绿灯,交通信号灯
The police pulled him over for failing to stop at a red traffic light.他因为闯红灯被警察要求停靠路边。
at the traffic lightTurn left at the traffic lights.在红绿灯那儿向左转。
traffic light changes to/turnsThe traffic lights changed to/turned green as we approached the junction.我们接近十字路口时,交通信号灯变成了绿色。
 
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in the UK, one of a set of red, yellow, and green symbols used on some products, especially food, to show how much of a particular substance they contain:
Do manufacturers have to legally show the traffic lights on their products?
Cheese generally has a red traffic light for fat.
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traffic light
adjective[ before noun ]
(alsotraffic-light)uk /ˈtræf.ɪk ˌlaɪt/ us /ˈtræf.ɪk ˌlaɪt/
especially in the UK, used to describe a system in which the colours red, yellow, and green are used to show different amounts or rates:
traffic light labelling systemThe Food Standards Agency (FSA) is producing advertisements promoting its traffic light labelling system for packaged foods.
traffic light systemThey are planning a traffic light system that rates countries as red, amber, or green based on Covid infection rates.
A "traffic-light" system was applied to cleaning standards in the hospital, with green for "good", yellow for "acceptable" and red for "poor".
The traffic light label was introduced in 2014, as part of an initiative by the UK government to improve public health.
The Food Commission actually welcomes the traffic-light system as the best way to inform customers about the level of healthiness of the products they're buying.
All the plants are given traffic-light green, amber, or red labelling, to indicate their frost hardiness.
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single-estate
store-bought
sugar-coated
unbalanced

traffic light | American Dictionary


traffic light
noun[ C ]
us/ˈtræf·ɪk ˌlɑɪt/(alsolight, stoplight)
a set of red, yellow, and green lights that control the movement of vehicles at a point where two or more streets meet

Examples of traffic light


traffic light
Self-organizing trafficlight controllers are proposed and studied with multi-agent simulations, outperforming traditional methods.
The only relic of 1980s optimism was a rusting space-age trafficlight in the centre of town.
After lapses, the next most frequently reported type of poor driving was errors, followed by the trafficlight factor and then the ' normal ' violation factor.
Or a judge might decide that the defendant in a particular case violated his legal duty by driving through a particular red trafficlight.
A phase of the trafficlight is then associated with each subset.
Stop when the trafficlight turns red.
Consequently, measures such as exclusive bus lanes, faster and more accurate connections, and trafficlight priority, can have an impact on the use of private transport.
A judge might make a descriptive (or factual) decision, such as a decision that the trafficlight was red when the defendant drove his car through it.
I also hope that the ‘trafficlight’-style labelling to which consideration is still being given is no more than a witless joke.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
It is perfectly true that to disregard a contractor's signal may not always be as dangerous as to ignore a trafficlight at crossroads.
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There is only one trafficlight in the whole area.
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The trafficlight goes green and the policeman's arm signals him on, and he ought then to have a free road.
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At these crossings, the motorist has to watch the policeman's arm and watch the trafficlight.
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My constituency is rural—600 square miles, in which until recently there was not one trafficlight.
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Its drivers must respect trafficlight signals, speed limits, and all the other regulations by which civilians have to abide.
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