pedestrian

• adj. 徒歩で；想像力のない
• n. 歩行者

ラテン語のpedester「歩く」、pedestrian「歩行者」、PIE*ped「足」からの語源。

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.).

1. The lorry driver escaped unhurt,but a pedestrian was injured.

トラック運転手は無事に脱出したが、歩行者がけがをした。

2.More than a third of all pedestrian injuries are to children.

けがをした歩行者の3分の1以上が子どもだった。

3.I drove home contemplating my own more pedestrian lifestyle.

私は車で家に帰って、自分のもっと味気ない生き方を考えていました。

4.The Centre was a pedestrian precinct with a bandstand in the midddle.

この中心は歩行商業地区で、真ん中に屋外音楽演奏台がある。

5. Pedestrian zones mean that children can play in relative safety.

歩行エリアは、子供たちが比較的安全に遊ぶことができることを意味します。