| 单词 | crosswalk |
| 释义 | crosswalk (once / 123118 pages) n A crosswalk is a marked walkway across a road or street. Crosswalks make it safer for pedestrians to cross the street. Another term for a crosswalk is a "pedestrian crossing," a path for people to use when they cross the street. Some crosswalks are simply painted lines on the road, while others have traffic signals that show you when it's safe to cross. The earliest, 18th century version of a crosswalk was a path in a garden that cut across other paths, and by the 1850s it meant "pedestrian crossing." WORD FAMILYcrosswalk: crosswalks USAGE EXAMPLESHe appealed, saying that he was in the crosswalk as a pedestrian, and on Thursday, the Court of Appeals agreed. Reuters(Dec 29, 2016) Bicyclists also may not enter a crosswalk so suddenly that drivers are unable to react. Seattle Times(Dec 19, 2016) A preliminary investigation suggests Thompson was struck while he crossed the road in the middle of the block and not at an intersection or crosswalk. Washington Times(Dec 12, 2016) n a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other Syn|Hypo|Hyper crossing, crossover grade separation a crossing that uses an underpass or overpass pedestrian crossing, zebra crossingstreet crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way (especially with diagonal stripes) pelican crossingan acronym for pedestrian light control; a pedestrian crossing with traffic lights that are controlled by pedestrians school crossinga pedestrian crossing where school children cross a street on the way to school path a way especially designed for a particular use |
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