pedestrian
英 [p??destri?n]
美[p?'d?str??n]
- adj. 徒步的；缺乏想像力的
- n. 行人；步行者
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词态变化
复数:?pedestrians;
中文词源
pedestrian 行人
来自拉丁语pedester,步行，步行的，来自pedis,脚，来自PIE*ped,脚，词源同foot,biped.
英文词源
- pedestrian (adj.)
- 1716, "prosaic, dull" (of writing), from Latin pedester (genitive pedestris) "plain, not versified, prosaic," literally "on foot" (sense contrasted with equester "on horseback"), from pedes "one who goes on foot," from pes (genitive pedis) "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)). Meaning "going on foot" is first attested 1791 in English (it also was a sense of Latin pedester). The earlier adjective in English was pedestrial (1610s).
- pedestrian (n.)
- "walker," 1793, from pedestrian (adj.).
双语例句
- 1. The lorry driver escaped unhurt, but a pedestrian was injured.
- 卡车司机安然脱险，但有一位行人受了伤。
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- 2. More than a third of all pedestrian injuries are to children.
- 所有受伤的行人中有1/3以上是儿童。
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- 3. I drove home contemplating my own more pedestrian lifestyle.
- 我开车回家，一路上思考着自己更为乏味的生活方式。
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- 4. The Centre was a pedestrian precinct with a bandstand in the middle.
- 该中心是步行商业区，正中央有一个室外音乐演奏台。
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- 5. Pedestrian zones mean that children can play in relative safety.
- 步行区域意味着孩子们可以在那里相对安全地玩耍。
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