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单词 pedestrian
释义 pe·des·tri·an
I. \pə̇ˈdestrēən\ adjective
Etymology: Latin pedestr-, pedester, pedestris going on foot, prosaic (from pedes one going on foot, from ped-, pes foot) + English -an — more at foot
1.
 a. : having the characteristics of a drudge or plodder : unimaginative
  < a dry laborious pedestrian student of facts — Havelock Ellis >
 b. : marked by drabness or dullness : commonplace
  < in a pedestrian world he held to the old cavalier grace — John Buchan >
 c. of style : lacking sprightliness or inspiration : prosaic
  < urbane, richly allusive … almost never pens a pedestrian page — Dixon Wecter >
  < his sentences and phrases are too often pedestrian, commonplace, and flat — Times Literary Supplement >
2.
 a. : going on foot
  < a dog will scurry before and behind his pedestrian master — George Santayana >
 b. : performed on foot
  < a pedestrian journey >
  < pedestrian races >
 c. : of or relating to walking
  < complained about the pedestrian distances — Lewis Mumford >
II. noun
(-s)
: a person who travels on foot : walker: as
 a. : one who walks for pleasure, sport, or exercise : hiker
  < an indefatigable pedestrian >
  < he liked company on a walk … and most of his guests were not pedestrians — R.M.Lovett >
 b. : one walking as distinguished from one travelling by car or cycle
  < signalled traffic to halt to allow pedestrians to cross the street >
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