noun [专属名词] 步行者，行人
Ingrid was a walker, even in Los Angeles, where a pedestrian is a rare sight. 英格丽德是个步行者，即使在行人少见的洛杉矶也是如此。
adjective [原级] 平淡无奇的，乏味的；行人的，行人使用的；徒步的
His style is so pedestrian that the book becomes a real bore. 他的文风很平庸，以致那本书成了一本真正乏味的书。
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- Lesson 48 Planning a share portfolio pedestrian 形容词: 平淡无奇的，乏味的
ped(脚) + estrian → 用脚走的， 徒步的 → 行人
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- Pedestrian accidents are down by 5%. 行人受伤事故下降了5%。
pedestrian 的重要知识点
pedestrian n. a person walking in the street and not travelling in a vehicle 行人
- The death rate for pedestrians hit by cars is unacceptably high.
- What is a pedestrian mall? 什么是步行街呢？
- A new type of pedestrian appeared in Paris many years ago. 很多年前，一种新式的步行者在巴黎出现。
pedestrian adj. 1. used by people who are walking 为行人而设的
- A new pedestrian bridge was built to help students cross the busy highway safely. 修建了一座新的人行天桥，以帮助学生们安全穿过繁忙的公路。
- The hotel features an enclosed pedestrian walkway that connects to the convention center. 这家酒店拥有一条封闭的人行通道，直通会议中心。
| footbridge (n.) （近义词）小桥；步道桥 （通常指较细窄的户外天桥） |
We crossed the wooden footbridge over the stream. 我们走过横跨溪流的小木桥。 |
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| skywalk / skyway (n.) 空中廊道 （指连接两栋建筑高层，横跨街道的封闭式通道） |
The city's skywalk system allows people to walk between buildings without going outside. 该市的空中廊道系统让人们不必走到室外就能在建筑间穿行。 |
pedestrian adj. 2. ordinary and boring 平淡的，乏味的
- a pedestrian account of his childhood
- His speech was long and pedestrian.
“ped” = foot 脚
- pedestrian “ian” = 人 n. 行人；adj. 为行人而设的；平淡的，乏味的
- pedal adj. 足的，脚的；n. 踏板，脚蹬子
- pedicure n. 足部治疗，修脚
- biped “bi” = two n. 二足动物；adj. 二足的
- quadruped “quadru” = four n. 四足动物；adj. 四足的
- centipede “centi” = hundred n. 蜈蚣
- expedite “ex” = out v. 使加速
- expedition n. 远征，考察，探险
- impede “im” = in v. 妨碍，阻碍
- impediment n. 障碍，语言障碍