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1 ♦ traffic
♦ traffic /ˈtræfɪk/n. [u]1 traffico; movimento; viavai: There's a lot of traffic on that road, in quella strada c'è molto traffico; air traffic, traffico aereo; passenger traffic, movimento (di) passeggeri; bad traffic, traffico intenso; heavy traffic, traffico intenso; to divert traffic, dirottare il traffico; to obstruct traffic, ostacolare (o bloccare) il traffico2 traffico; commercio; attività commerciale; scambio: traffic in drugs (o drug traffic) il traffico della droga3 (market.) volume dei clienti● (autom.) traffic calming, misure per rallentare il traffico ( dissuasori di velocità, ecc.) □ (autom., USA) traffic circle, rondò; rotatoria; svincolo a rotatoria (cfr. ingl. roundabout) □ (autom.) traffic cone, cono stradale □ traffic control, controllo del traffico □ (aeron.) traffic control tower, torre di controllo □ (fam.) traffic cop, poliziotto addetto al traffico; vigile □ traffic divider, spartitraffico; guardrail centrale □ traffic flow, circolazione ( automobilistica, ecc.); flusso del traffico □ traffic-free, pedonalizzato □ (autom.) traffic indicator ► trafficator □ traffic island, spartitraffico □ traffic jam, ingorgo stradale □ (autom.) traffic lane, corsia: «Traffic lanes at junction ahead» ( cartello), «mettersi in corsia per l'incrocio» □ traffic lights, ( USA traffic light), semaforo □ (ferr.) traffic returns, cifre del movimento □ traffic signals, ( USA traffic signal), semaforo □ traffic signs, segnaletica stradale □ (in GB) traffic warden, vigile urbano ( addetto al controllo dei parchimetri, ecc.) □ to prohibit car traffic in, pedonalizzare ( una strada, ecc.).(to) traffic /ˈtræfɪk/(pass. e p. p. trafficked, part. pres. trafficking)A v. i.trafficare (spec. in senso peggiorativo); commerciare: to traffic in drugs, trafficare in stupefacenti; to traffic in old furniture, commerciare in mobili vecchi (o antichi)B v. t.(spec. fig.) barattare; trafficare. -
2 divert
[daɪ'vɜːt] 1.1) (redirect) deviare [water, flow, traffic] ( onto verso; through per); dirottare [flight, plane] (to su); spostare [resources, funds, manpower]2) (distract) distrarre, distogliere [attention, person]; spostare, dirottare [efforts, conversation]2.* * *1) (to cause to turn aside or change direction: Traffic had to be diverted because of the accident.) deviare2) (to amuse or entertain.) divertire* * *[daɪ'vɜːt] 1.1) (redirect) deviare [water, flow, traffic] ( onto verso; through per); dirottare [flight, plane] (to su); spostare [resources, funds, manpower]2) (distract) distrarre, distogliere [attention, person]; spostare, dirottare [efforts, conversation]2. -
3 divert di·vert vt
[daɪ'vɜːt]1) (traffic, river) deviare, (conversation, attention, person) sviare, (train, plane) dirottare -
4 (to) divert
(to) divert /daɪˈvɜ:t/v. t.1 deviare: to divert water from a river into the fields, deviare acqua da un fiume verso i campi; to divert the course of a river, deviare il corso d'un fiume2 distrarre, distogliere ( l'attenzione, ecc.): They were trying to divert attention from the real problem, cercavano di distogliere l'attenzione dal vero problema3 (form.) distrarre, divertire4 (autom., aeron., naut.) dirottare; far deviare: to divert traffic, dirottare il traffico; Police were diverting traffic away from the accident, la polizia dirottava il traffico dal luogo dell'incidente; Their plane was diverted to Boston because of the fog, il loro aereo è stato dirottato su Boston a causa della nebbia6 (leg., fin.) sottrarre ( fondi, denaro, per destinarli ad altro): Resources were diverted away from patient care, sono state sottratte delle risorse ai servizi di assistenza ai pazienti● (autom.) «diverted traffic», ( cartello) «deviazione (del traffico)». -
5 (to) divert
(to) divert /daɪˈvɜ:t/v. t.1 deviare: to divert water from a river into the fields, deviare acqua da un fiume verso i campi; to divert the course of a river, deviare il corso d'un fiume2 distrarre, distogliere ( l'attenzione, ecc.): They were trying to divert attention from the real problem, cercavano di distogliere l'attenzione dal vero problema3 (form.) distrarre, divertire4 (autom., aeron., naut.) dirottare; far deviare: to divert traffic, dirottare il traffico; Police were diverting traffic away from the accident, la polizia dirottava il traffico dal luogo dell'incidente; Their plane was diverted to Boston because of the fog, il loro aereo è stato dirottato su Boston a causa della nebbia6 (leg., fin.) sottrarre ( fondi, denaro, per destinarli ad altro): Resources were diverted away from patient care, sono state sottratte delle risorse ai servizi di assistenza ai pazienti● (autom.) «diverted traffic», ( cartello) «deviazione (del traffico)».
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