pedestrian

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pe·des·tri·an1 /pəˈdestriən/ noun [countable] TTRWALKsomeone who is walking, especially along a street or other place used by cars 行人，步行者 → motorist →4 See picture on 见图 Page A13 Town 城镇

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pedestrian• On a single day, Sept. 17,10 pedestrians were struck, including one fatally.• The man lost control of his car, killing a pedestrian.• But won't it lead to confrontation between drivers and pedestrians?• Take particular care when entering or leaving the tracks, and watch out for both pedestrians and traffic.• Banning traffic from the shopping areas has made life much more pleasant for pedestrians.• Often, cars turning on to California or Pine would block the crosswalk, forcing pedestrians to weave between cars.• Then, without warning, a tremendous blast smote the city, knocking pedestrians to the ground.• Cyclists are asked to be aware of pedestrians and ride considerately.• It claims bikes cause too much pollution and can upset pedestrians.• Given the trees, wide sidewalks filled with pedestrians and the Muni vehicles, the view is poor to mediocre.

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pedestrian2 adjective 1 ORDINARYordinary and uninteresting and without any imagination 平淡无奇的；乏味的；缺乏想象力的 a painting that is pedestrian and unimaginative 乏味又缺乏想象力的画作 a rather pedestrian student 一名相当平庸的学生2 TTR[only before noun] relating to pedestrians or used by pedestrians 行人的；行人使用的 pedestrian traffic 人流 a pedestrian walkway 人行通道

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pedestrian• But Dreyfuss finds ways around the triteness of the screenplay and the pedestrian direction.• The adumbration of pedestrian figures by a kind of blurred notation seems to be entirely new in art.• It will become a pedestrian mall during the games, wooing visitors with the now-ubiquitous coffee franchises and sushi bars.• He admired the sycamores, rising like important ideas from pedestrian plots of short grass.• On the main wall was a rather pedestrian portrait of his wife.• The other, Portland, has five employees in its pedestrian program.• Where pedestrian volumes were heavy, walkers should have special pedestrian routes.• He is a very pedestrian writer and Ovid is far from that.Origin pedestrian2 (1700-1800) Latin pedester “going on foot”, from pes “foot”