单词详解 | sidewalk

sidewalk
音标
英音/ ˈsaɪdwɔːk / 美音/ ˈsaɪdwɔːk /

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
Several key retailers, such as REI, have closed stores in Portland, while hundreds of people continue to die from fentanyl overdoses every year, often in tents or on sidewalks.
REI 等几家主要零售商已经关闭了波特兰的商店,而每年仍有数百人死于芬太尼过量,死者通常是在帐篷里或人行道上。
New York Times

The thin blanket of white quickly turned to muddy slush on the city streets, while residents dutifully shoveled it away from cars and off sidewalks.
城市街道上薄薄的白色毯子很快变成了泥泞的泥浆,居民们尽职尽责地将其从汽车和人行道上铲走。
New York Times

Neighbors and residents said the building also housed criminal gangs that sold drugs on the sidewalk and robbed passers-by.
邻居和居民表示,这座大楼还藏有犯罪团伙,他们在人行道上出售毒品并抢劫路人。
New York Times

基本释意
noun
walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway
<美>人行道

同义词
pavement

短释义
While English speakers in other parts of the world might use words like footpath or pavement instead, North Americans typically use sidewalk. Most sidewalks are slightly higher than the street and are often separated from them by a curb or a strip of grass. There is some historical evidence that Ancient Greece had sidewalks, though the word itself dates from about 1740.
人行道是一条铺好的步行道,通常位于道路旁边。如果您所在的社区有人行道,那么慢跑会更容易、更安全。

长释义
While English speakers in other parts of the world might use words like footpath or pavement instead, North Americans typically use sidewalk. Most sidewalks are slightly higher than the street and are often separated from them by a curb or a strip of grass. There is some historical evidence that Ancient Greece had sidewalks, though the word itself dates from about 1740.
虽然世界其他地区的英语使用者可能会使用“footpath”或“pavement”等词,但北美人通常使用“sidewalk”。大多数人行道比街道稍高,并且通常由路缘石或一条草地与街道隔开。有一些历史证据表明古希腊有人行道,尽管这个词本身可以追溯到 1740 年左右。

文学例句
She tilted her head toward a cluster of girls on the sidewalk.
她向人行道上一群女孩歪着头。
Caterpillar Summer by Gillian McDunn

The leftover garbage on the sidewalk had to be from Josie’s house, not the school.
人行道上剩下的垃圾一定是乔西家的,而不是学校的。
The School for Whatnots by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Baba bought us a fresh tub of sidewalk chalk last time we went to the grocery store, plus there’s an extra bucket of broken pieces we’ve collected over the years in the garage.
上次我们去杂货店时,爸爸给我们买了一桶新的人行道粉笔,此外,车库里还有一桶我们多年来收集的碎片。
Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun by Hena Khan

词源
sidewalk (n.)”path for pedestrians on the side of a street,” 1721, from side (adj.) + walk (n.). The use of sidewalk for pavement has been noted in England as an Americanism at least since 1902.Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
sidewalk (n.)“街道一侧的行人路径”,1721,来自 side (adj.) + walk (n.)。至少自 1902 年起,使用人行道作为人行道在英国就被视为美国主义。相关条目及更多


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