pedestrian
pedestrian 英 [pəˈdestriən] 美 [pəˈdɛstriən]
adj. 徒步的；缺乏想像力的 n. 行人；步行者
名词复数:pedestrians
- A pedestrian is someone traveling by foot. If you're walking, you might get angry at the drivers who don't stop so you can cross the street. But if you're driving, you might fight the urge to run over those annoying pedestrians!
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- adj. 徒步的；缺乏想像力的
- n. 行人；步行者
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1. pedestrian areas
步行区
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2. Pedestrian accidents are down by 5%.
行人受伤事故下降了 5%。
- 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- "foot." 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.).
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