traffic lights

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ˈtraffic ˌlights ●●● S3 noun [plural]   TTRa set of red, yellow, and green lights that control traffic 交通信号灯，红绿灯 →4  See picture of 见图 traffic lights

Examples from the Corpus

traffic lights• The woman was killed while she was out walking with her husband, when two cars collided at traffic lights.• Cars have been stolen at traffic lights.• Access at the bottom of Tubwell Row to the ring road might have to be controlled by traffic lights.• No traffic lights then - these men used to give him right of way.• She slowed down at the traffic lights by Sloane Street.• As I wait at the traffic lights I find myself crying.• A pelican crossing system will be installed between the traffic lights at Blackfriars Road and the box junction at Rennie Street.• Where would we be without traffic lights?

ˈtraffic ˌlights nounChineseSyllable  

set and Corpus lights yellow, green a red, of

traffic lights
ˈtraffic ˌlights noun [plural]

a set of red, yellow, and green lights that control traffic