| 单词 | pedestrian |
| 释义 | pedestrian (once / 1502 pages) 1n 2adj 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! 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. WORD FAMILYpedestrian: pedestrianly, pedestrians USAGE EXAMPLESIn Northwest Washington recently, a Starship robot drew some attention as it scooted around pedestrians and bicyclists on a busy sidewalk. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The San Ysidro plan also calls for new bicycle lanes and pedestrian improvements to encourage people to stop commuting by car. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) Investigators are also looking for another motorist in a hit-and-run that killed another pedestrian around 5 a.m. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 n a person who travels by foot 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper footer, walker hiker, tramp, tramper a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure) hobbler, limpersomeone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait jaywalkera reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegally marcher, paraderwalks with regular or stately step nondrivera person who is not a driver passer, passer-by, passerbya person who passes by casually or by chance peripatetica person who walks from place to place ramblera person who takes long walks in the country ambler, saunterer, strollersomeone who walks at a leisurely pace shufflersomeone who walks without raising the feet reeler, staggerer, totterersomeone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall stalkersomeone who walks with long stiff strides stamper, stomper, tramper, tramplersomeone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground stridera person who walks rapidly with long steps stumbler, trippera walker or runner who trips and almost falls swaggerersomeone who walks in an arrogant manner plodder, slogger, trudgersomeone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner waddlersomeone who walks with a waddling gait wayfarera pedestrian who walks from place to place backpacker, packera hiker who wears a backpack pivot, pivot manthe person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver wheelerthe man at the outermost end of the rank in wheeling traveler, traveller a person who changes location adj lacking wit or imagination a pedestrian movie plot Syn earthbound, prosaic, prosy uninteresting arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement |
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