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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
pedestrian
ped·es·trian [pedestrian pedestrians] noun, adjective BrE [pəˈdestriən] NAmE [pəˈdestriən]
noun
a person walking in the street and not travelling in a vehicle
•Two pedestrians were injured when the car skidded.
compare ↑motorist
Word Origin:
early 18th cent.: from French pédestre or Latin pedester ‘going on foot’, also ‘written in prose’ + ↑-ian. Early use in English was in the description of writing as ‘prosaic’.
adjective
1. only before noun used by or for the use of ↑pedestrians; connected with ↑pedestrians
•pedestrian areas
•Pedestrian accidents are down by 5%.
2. without any imagination or excitement; dull
Syn: ↑unimaginative
•Her latest play is more pedestrian and less ambitious than her earlier work.
Word Origin:
early 18th cent.: from French pédestre or Latin pedester ‘going on foot’, also ‘written in prose’ + ↑-ian. Early use in English was in the description of writing as ‘prosaic’.
Example Bank:
•His drawing is pedestrian, although his mind is not.
•It is a factual and somewhat pedestrian programme.
•The curriculum is narrow and pedestrian.
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