traffic light

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名詞

通例複数形

A signalling device positioned at a road intersection or pedestrian crossing to indicate when it may be safe to drive, ride or walk, using a universal colour code.

このボタンはなに？

I waited at the traffic light until it turned green before crossing the street.

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意味（1）

A signalling device positioned at a road intersection or pedestrian crossing to indicate when it may be safe to drive, ride or walk, using a universal colour code.

意味（2）

(usually in the plural) A road intersection controlled by one or more such devices.

Turn left at the traffic lights and the hospital is on your right.

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意味（3）

A colour code using the three signals of a traffic light (green, yellow/amber, and red) as a metaphor.

The Department of Health recommends that food packaging display the recommended daily intake with a traffic light system, for ease of understanding.

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意味（4）

(philately) The coloured dots on stamp sheet margins printed with offset litho or photogravure methods, used by the printers to check colour accuracy.

traffic lights （ plural ）