| 英语单词 | pedestrian |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [pə'destriən] 美 [pə'destriən] |
| 中文释义 | adj.徒步的;缺乏想像的 n.行人 |
| 英语例句 | (1) We enjoy all pedestrian activities. (2) They ought to stop at the pedestrian crossing. (3) He was rather a pedestrian student. (4) We present this approach in a pedestrian version. (5) The driver was slanging a pedestrian who had got in his way. (6) Being a good pedestrian is just as important as being a good driver. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 我们喜欢所有的步行活动。 (2) 他们该停在人行横道上。 (3) 他原是个相当平常的学生。 (4) 我们用平铺直叙的方式介绍这个方法。 (5) 那司机破口大骂挡他的路的行人。 (6) 做一个好的行人就像做一个好的司机一样重要。 |
| vocabulary简明 | 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 those annoying pedestrians over! |
| vocabulary扩展 | Pedestrian comes from the Latin pedester meaning "going on foot" but also "plain." As a noun, it's someone walking around — sidewalks are for pedestrians. As an adjective it means "lacking wit or imagination." If someone calls your new poem pedestrian, they mean it's dull. If you want to impress your friends while also making them feel worthless, mutter "these people are SO pedestrian," at a party, loud enough for everyone to hear. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [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]
2 [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]
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