pedestrian

英 [pəˈdestriən]

美 [pəˈdestriən]

n.  行人; 步行者
adj.  行人使用的; 行人的; 缺乏想象的; 乏味的; 无趣的

复数：pedestrians　

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牛津词典

noun

• 行人；步行者
  a person walking in the street and not travelling in a vehicle

adj.

• 行人使用的；行人的
  used by or for the use of pedestrians ; connected with pedestrians
  1. pedestrian areas
     步行区
  2. Pedestrian accidents are down by 5%.
     行人受伤事故下降了5%。
• 缺乏想象的；乏味的；无趣的
  without any imagination or excitement; dull

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （尤指城镇的）步行者，行人
  Apedestrianis a person who is walking, especially in a town or city, rather than travelling in a vehicle.
  1. In Los Angeles a pedestrian is a rare spectacle...
     在洛杉矶很少见到步行者。
  2. More than a third of all pedestrian injuries are to children.
     所有受伤的行人中有1/3以上是儿童。
• ADJ-GRADED 平庸的；乏味的；平淡无奇的
  If you describe something aspedestrian, you mean that it is ordinary and not at all interesting.
  1. His style is so pedestrian that the book becomes a real bore...
     他的文风十分平庸，那本书乏味至极。
  2. I drove home contemplating my own more pedestrian lifestyle.
     我开车回家，一路上思考着自己更为乏味的生活方式。

英英释义

noun

• a person who travels by foot
  Synonym:walkerfooter

adj

• lacking wit or imagination
  1. a pedestrian movie plot
  Synonym:prosaicprosyearthbound

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