记忆方法
为了记忆“pedestrian”，可以将其分解为两部分：“ped”和“-estrian”。其中，“ped”是“foot”的变体，提示这个单词与脚有关。而“-estrian”是一个后缀，常用来表示某种类型或状态。将这两个部分组合起来，想象一个“footestrian”，即总是步行的人，这样就可以记住“pedestrian”是指行人。
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词族 · pedestrian
词形变化
中文词源
pedestrian 行人
来自拉丁语pedester,步行，步行的，来自pedis,脚，来自PIE*ped,脚，词源同foot,biped.
英语词源
- pedestrian (adj.)
- 1716, "prosaic, dull" (of writing), from Latin pedester (genitive pedestris) "plain, not versified, prosaic," literally "on foot" (sense contrasted with equester "on horseback"), from pedes "one who goes on foot," from pes (genitive pedis) "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)). Meaning "going on foot" is first attested 1791 in English (it also was a sense of Latin pedester). The earlier adjective in English was pedestrial (1610s).
- pedestrian (n.)
- "walker," 1793, from pedestrian (adj.).
权威例句
- 1. The lorry driver escaped unhurt, but a pedestrian was injured.
- 卡车司机安然脱险，但有一位行人受了伤。
- 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。
- 3. 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。
- 4. The Centre was a pedestrian precinct with a bandstand in the middle.
- 该中心是步行商业区，正中央有一个室外音乐演奏台。
- 5. Pedestrian zones mean that children can play in relative safety.
- 步行区域意味着孩子们可以在那里相对安全地玩耍。