单词 | pedestrian |
释义 | pedestrian (pɪdestriən ) Word forms: pedestrians 1. countable noun [oft NOUN noun] B1 A pedestrian is a person who is walking, especially in a town or city, rather than travelling in a vehicle. In Los Angeles a pedestrian is a rare spectacle. More than a third of all pedestrian injuries are to children. Synonyms: walker, foot-traveller, footslogger 2. adjective 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. I drove home contemplating my own more pedestrian lifestyle. Synonyms: dull, flat, ordinary, boring Collocations: pedestrian access A public transport interchange will sit on top of a new multi-storey car park with covered pedestrian access. Times, Sunday Times Companies would not be allowed to dig up pavements on both sides of road at the same time, to ensure that some pedestrian access was retained where possible. Times, Sunday Times The statue was completed in 1938 without direct pedestrian access to the circle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This huge three-deck bridge provides vehicle, monorail and pedestrian access. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Recently, residents living on both ends of the bridge have lobbied for pedestrian access. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They also refer to a risk assessment document in 2002 which recommended that consideration be given to locking the pedestrian gates when trains approach. Times, Sunday Times It advised that the pedestrian gates be locked when trains approached. Times, Sunday Times It takes the form of a neoclassical half-circular arch, large and solid, over tall vertical barred, iron gates, which incorporate a small pedestrian gate with its own key lock. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The lower level comprises a wagon gate flanked on both sides by pedestrian gates. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The large gates in the centre are generally locked, although the small pedestrian gates to the left and right are opened during the day. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They're causing quite a stir, with pedestrians stopping to point and take photographs. Times, Sunday Times At the same moment, much of the country came to a standstill, with traffic, trains and pedestrians stopping and silence falling on the streets. Times, Sunday Times Pedestrians stop in their tracks and stare as he drives past. Times, Sunday Times Other pedestrians stop dead in their tracks, stare in disbelief, then rush towards him, laughing. Times, Sunday Times Their language should be assessed when pedestrians stop on a crossing for a gossip. Times, Sunday Times It was converted into a pedestrian street in 2003. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A pedestrian street since 1971, some stretches have been pedestrianized since 1913. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A busy main road was decommissioned in favour of a pedestrian street. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the project the local infrastructure was upgraded and new cultural elements such as street sculptures were added to the new pedestrian street. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It became a pedestrian street for most of its length between 1976 and 1977 and then in full in 1984. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Bond's car slammed into a bank, overturned and cartwheeled through the air before disappearing into a pedestrian tunnel, where it broke in half. Times, Sunday Times The leaders, who had been running on a closed road, were due to turn off and use a pedestrian tunnel where the road becomes elevated. Times, Sunday Times All platforms are connected to platform 1 by a pedestrian tunnel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When completed, it will be the third-longest pedestrian tunnel in the nation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There was a pedestrian tunnel under the road to gardens opposite, which the school later used as a sports ground. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Also, can a pedestrian walk to and on the bridge? Times, Sunday Times The bridge has two viewing locations, the pedestrian walk on top of the bridge and a platform underneath where visitors can hear the eponymous echoes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Cars drive illegally in bus and bike lanes and pedestrians walk on to the road before looking. Times, Sunday Times But that's not what will have pedestrians walking into lampposts on the rare occasions one growls past. Times, Sunday Times About 100,000 pedestrians walk down it each day, 53 per cent of them tourists. Times, Sunday Times What we were left with was a rather pedestrian drama without suspense or excitement or penguins, or much sense of why we should watch it. Times, Sunday Times He calls the escapade 'a nice relaxing holiday' and made it sound rather pedestrian. Times, Sunday Times A larger but less powerful 2 litre petrol was also offered, but 115bhp feels rather pedestrian in a car of this size. Times, Sunday Times There are some sugary, rather pedestrian pop numbers here, too, but even these are redeemed, in part, by her powerful, indieinfused country tones. Times, Sunday Times With 125 lb ft of pulling power, however, it feels quicker than its rather pedestrian on-paper time of 14.2sec suggests. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 行人, 平庸乏味的 Japanese: 歩行者, ありふれた |
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