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Pedestrian Pəˈdestriən Noun  A Person Walking Travelling N

"Pedestrian" primarily refers to a person walking, especially in a town or city, as opposed to someone in a vehicle. It can also be used as an adjective to describe something as ordinary, boring, or lacking imagination.

"Pedestrian" primarily refers to a person walking, especially in a town or city, as opposed to someone in a vehicle. It can also be used as an adjective to describe something as ordinary, boring, or lacking imagination.

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/pɪde̱striən/
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](尤指城镇的)步行者,行人 A pedestrian is a person who is walking, especially in a town or city, rather than travelling in a vehicle.
  [oft N n]
  • In Los Angeles a pedestrian is a rare spectacle...

    在洛杉矶很少见到步行者。

  • 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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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]平庸的;乏味的;平淡无奇的 If you describe something as pedestrian, you mean that it is ordinary and not at all interesting.
  [disapproval]
  • His style is so pedestrian that the book becomes a real bore...

    他的文风十分平庸,那本书乏味至极。

  • 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。


Oxford ped·es·trian / pəˈdestriən ; NAmE pəˈdestriən /
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adjective
pedestrian pedestrians
noun a person walking in the street and not travelling in a vehicle 行人;步行者 compare
motorist
adjective 1 [only before noun ] used by or for the use of pedestrians;connected with pedestrians 行人使用的;行人的 pedestrian areas 步行区 Pedestrian accidents are down by 5%. 行人受伤事故下降了 5%。 2 without any imagination or excitement; dull 缺乏想像的;乏味的;无趣的 SYN
unimaginative
ped·es·trian / pəˈdestriən ; NAmE pəˈdestriən /
LDC
pedestrian1 noun
pedestrian2 adjective
pedestrianpe‧des‧tri‧an1 /pəˈdestriən/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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someone who is walking, especially along a street or other place used by carsmotorist
pedestrian1 noun
pedestrian2 adjective
pedestrianpedestrian2 adjective
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1ordinary and uninteresting and without any imagination:  a painting that is pedestrian and unimaginative a rather pedestrian student2[only before noun] relating to pedestrians or used by pedestrians:  pedestrian traffic a pedestrian walkway
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pedestrian

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pedestrians[570]
行人(95%),徒步的(4%),缺乏想像的(1%)
n.行人;步行者
adj.徒步的;缺乏想像力的

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